Mood provides introductory essays and connecting commentary that links Rilke's spirituality to sensory experience.
Selections of Rilke’s later poems, known for being sensual, tough-minded, and occasionally explicitly sexual. Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translati...
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". known for being sensual
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 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".