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Wenn Weihnachten naht
Seit seinen Kindertagen war Weihnachten für Rainer Maria Rilke das höchste und geheimnisvollste Fest des Jahres. Voller Erwartung und Vorfreude sah er »der einen Nacht der Herrlichkeit« entgegen und er hat dieser Freude in Briefen, Gedichten und Gesprächen immer wieder Ausdruck verliehen. Der vorliegende Band versammelt Rilkes schönste Texte über die Advents- und Weihnachtszeit.
114 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2016
About the author
Rainer Maria Rilke
1,952 books7,352 followersA mystic lyricism and precise imagery often marked verse of German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, whose collections profoundly influenced 20th-century German literature and include
The Book of Hours
(1905) and
The Duino Elegies
(1923).
People consider him of the greatest 20th century users of the language.
His haunting images tend to focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude, and profound anxiety — themes that tend to position him as a transitional figure between the traditional and the modernist poets.
His two most famous sequences include the Sonnets to Orpheus , and his most famous prose works include the Letters to a Young Poet and the semi-autobiographical The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge .
He also wrote more than four hundred poems in French, dedicated to the canton of Valais in Switzerland, his homeland of choice.
People consider him of the greatest 20th century users of the language.
His haunting images tend to focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude, and profound anxiety — themes that tend to position him as a transitional figure between the traditional and the modernist poets.
His two most famous sequences include the Sonnets to Orpheus , and his most famous prose works include the Letters to a Young Poet and the semi-autobiographical The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge .
He also wrote more than four hundred poems in French, dedicated to the canton of Valais in Switzerland, his homeland of choice.
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December 4, 2025
3,5 Sterne
“Das Christkind” - 5 Sterne
“Das Christkind” - 5 Sterne
December 25, 2024
„Welche Kraft hat dieses eindringliche Fest, ich glaube, wir haben’s im Blut, wie ein Elementares, wie Ebbe und Flut, wie die Jahreszeiten, wie die Gestirne -, nun, es ist ja auch der Einfluss eines Sternes.“ (S.72)
Welche Kraft haben Rilkes Worte? Immer und auf jeden Fall genug für 6 von 5 Sternen.🌟 (und das nicht nur an Weihnachten!)
Welche Kraft haben Rilkes Worte? Immer und auf jeden Fall genug für 6 von 5 Sternen.🌟 (und das nicht nur an Weihnachten!)
December 3, 2025
REM BC
December 20, 2024
Das kleine Büchlein beinhaltet eine schöne Auswahl an Gedichten, Briefen und kurzen Text Rilkes, die sich um die Weihnachtszeit bewegen; es ist eine sehr schöne Zusammenstellung für die winterlichen Feiertage.
December 13, 2019
3,5 stars :)
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