| Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke (Revised) Revised Edition Contributor(s): Rilke, Rainer Maria (Author), Norton, M. D. Herter (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0393310388 ISBN-13: 9780393310382 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1993 Annotation: Born in 1875, the German lyric poet Rainer Maria Rilke published his first collection of poems in 1898 and went on to become renowned for his delicate depiction of the workings of the human heart. These translations by M.D. Herter Norton offer Rilke's work to the English-speaking world in an accurate, sensitive, modern version. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General |
| Dewey: 831.912 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.28" W x 7.69" (0.52 lbs) 246 pages |
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| Publisher Description: These translations by M.D. Herter Norton offer Rilke's work to the English-speaking world in an accurate, sensitive, modern version. |
Contributor Bio(s): Norton, M. D. Herter: - M. D. Herter Norton is a publisher and translator. Together with her husband William Warder Norton, she founded the publishing company W. W. Norton & Company. Her work as translator includes the translation of works by Rainer Maria Rilke.Rilke, Rainer Maria: - RAINER MARIA RILKE (1875-1926) is one of the greatest poets who ever wrote in the German language. His most famous works are Sonnets to Orpheus, The Duino Elegies, Letters to a Young Poet, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, and The Book of Hours. |