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Cover of The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

Modernism ยท Poetry / letters

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

by Rainer Maria Rilke. A major work by Rainer Maria Rilke exploring art, solitude, mortality; included for its sustained literary or intellectual influence.

Date
1910
Origin
Austria / Bohemia
Era
Modernism
Genre
Poetry / letters
Difficulty
Moderate
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

Why it matters

A major work by Rainer Maria Rilke exploring art, solitude, mortality; included for its sustained literary or intellectual influence.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of expanded / modern canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.