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A biography which looks at the life of the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926). Rilke was a lyric poet who, when he travelled to Russia, met Tolstoy and was deeply influenced by Russian pietism. His work is credited with extending the range of expression and sublety of German.
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`it is splendid and not a moment too soon to have a readable, civilized biography in English'Financial Times
`the most detailed, most fully documented and indeed the best biography we have (of Rilke)... in any language.'Observer
`a fine, dignified, and scholarly book ... a rarely balanced and substantial account.'Guardian
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Dr Prater was Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Kent (1970-3) and then became a translator and minute-writer at CERN in Geneva, where he still lives
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- PublisherClarendon Press
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 019815755X
- ISBN 13 9780198157557
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages488
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