Rilke On Love And Other Difficulties: Translati... -

Passages from Rilke's correspondence that explore love as a "high inducement to the individual to ripen" and "become world for himself".

Selections of Rilke’s later poems, known for being sensual, tough-minded, and occasionally explicitly sexual. Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translati...

Originally published by W. W. Norton & Company in 1975, the collection serves as an introductory "mini-anthology" for both new and longtime readers. Key Components of the Collection Passages from Rilke's correspondence that explore love as

The book concludes with reflections on turning "what is most alien into that which we can most trust," focusing on death, growth, and the necessity of personal solitude. Major Themes W. Norton & Company in 1975

Mood provides introductory essays and connecting commentary that links Rilke's spirituality to sensory experience.

Rilke famously argues that love is not about "merging" but is instead a "day labor" that requires two solitudes to "protect and touch and greet each other".