| Duino Elegies & the Sonnets to Orpheus: A Dual-Language Edition Contributor(s): Rilke, Rainer Maria (Author), Mitchell, Stephen (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0307473732 ISBN-13: 9780307473738 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: Long considered the definitive English translation of Rilke's brilliant and haunting masterworks, A. Poulin's edition of Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus provides an essential introduction to some of the most passionate and intensely creative visionary poetry of the twentieth century. With a new foreword by the esteemed poet Mark Doty and a fresh new design, Poulin's revered translation is certain to acquaint a new generation of readers with the works of Rilke. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - German - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Inspirational & Religious |
| Dewey: 831 |
| LCCN: 2009021983 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.22" W x 8" (0.52 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Available for the first time in a single volume, Ranier Maria Rilke's two most beloved sequences of poems rendered by his most faithful translator. Rilke is unquestionably the twentieth century's most significant and compelling poet of romantic transformation and spiritual quest. His poems of ecstatic identification with the world exert perennial fascination. In Stephen Mitchell's versions of Rilke's two greatest masterpieces readers will discover an English rendering that captures the lyric intensity, fluency, and reach of his poetry. Stephen Mitchell adheres impeccably to Rilke's text, to his formal music, and to the complexity of his thought; at the same time, Mitchell's work has authority and power as poetry in its own right. |