The recipient of these works is told, “your verses have no style of their own” and advised to “go into yourself.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this epistolary collection made up of works sent to Franz Xaver Kappus by Rainer Maria Rilke.
ANSWER: Letters to a Young Poet [or Briefe an einen jungen Dichter]
[10e] Rilke used this language to write Letters to a Young Poet and Duino Elegies.
ANSWER: German [or Deutsch]
[10h] In Letters to a Young Poet, Rilke urges Kappus to read the story “Mogens” by an author from this country. An author from this country wrote a story where a character tells the story of Countess Calypso during the title event.
ANSWER: Denmark [or Kingdom of Denmark or Kongeriget Danmark] (The first author is Jens Peter Jacobsen. The second line refers to “The Deluge at Norderney” by Karen Blixen.)
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