New Year Letter (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Marina Tsvetayeva
- First Published: 1928
- Type of Work: Epistle/letter in verse
- Genres: Poetry, Epistolary literature
- Subjects: Freedom, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Europe or Europeans, New York City, Literature, Art or artists, 1940’s, World War II, Religion, Letter writing, Politicians, Holidays, Idealism, Enlightenment, Devils or demons, Greek or Roman times, Materialism, Industrialization, Rome, Machinery, Eternity
The Poem
One of the greatest friendships in the life of the Russian poet Marina Tsvetayeva was conducted wholly by letter during a few months of 1926 with the Austrian writer Rainer Maria Rilke. Rilke, one of the most important German-language poets of the twentieth century, represented for Tsvetayeva the ideal poet. After Rilke died unexpectedly on December 29, 1926, Tsvetayeva’s shock and grief took the form of several works in prose and verse that reacted to his death. “New Year Letter,” written in February, 1927, is an attempt to come to terms with Rilke’s death. It...
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Marina Tsvetayeva (Poetry)Marina Tsvetayeva (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Marina Tsvetayeva (Dictionary of World Biography)
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