A Companion to the Works of Rainer Maria Rilke.(Rilke-Handbuch: Leben--Werk--Wirkung)(Book review)

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A Companion to the Works of Rainer Maria Rilke. Ed. by ERIKA A. METZGER AND MICHAEL M. METZGER. (Studies in German Literature, Linguistics and Culture) Rochester, NY: Camden House. 2004. xii+311 pp. $29.95; [pounds sterling]19.99. ISBN 1-57113-302-x.

Rilke-Handbuch: Leben--Werk--Wirkung. Ed. by Manfred Engel with Dorothea Lauterbach. Stuttgart: Metzler. 2004. xvi+571 pp. 64.95 [euro]. ISBN 3-476-01811-3.

Even if the Metzgers' suggestion that Rilke is 'one of the last reasons to learn German, in the minds of the young' (Companion, p. 16) may surprise British ...

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