Letters written to F.X.Kappus during the years 1903-1908 and a series of his responses to the young, would-be poets. Chronicle of Rilkes's life for the years 1903-1908.
Contains ten letters written by poet Rainer Maria Rilke between 1903 and 1908 to Franz Xaver Kappus, a student at a Vienna military academy who asked Rilke for criticism and advice about his own poetic efforts.
Presents English translations from the German of the poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, in which Rilke muses on topics such as life, poetry, nature, and scenes from the Bible.