The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke : Bilingual Edition (Trade Paperback)

Description: The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke: Bilingual Edition (English and German Edition) (Paperback) (March 13, 1989)Item is from a Private Collection. Book is in Very Good condition, very slight wear on corners, Interior Pages have no marks/no tears/no folds and in Excellent condition, Spine is intact - not broken, Book was read once.I tend to downgrade condition to be sure it meets standards, but items are generally better than my evaluation The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke: Bilingual Edition (English and German Edition) (Paperback) (March 13, 1989) This book contains a lot of Rilke's poetry and notes. If you already love Rilke's works then this is almost like an encyclopedia of his life and work in my opinion. For someone not familiar with Rilke, or someone who doesn't want to delve too deeply into his work, then this book might be a bit too much. Stephen Mitchell is extraordinary at translating and understanding the poetry. I can't say enough about how wonderful his work is. "This miracle of a book, perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has ever produced," (Chicago Tribune) should stand as the definitive English language version. Stephen Mitchell offers what are perhaps the most masterful and intimate translations of Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry to date, infusing it with all the power, eloquence, rhythm and lightness of its original voice. Includes the Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus. Review ...translations [that] bring the qualities that I most cherish in the originals into English with new intimacy and authority. Rilke's voice, with it's extraordinary combination of formality, power, speed, and lightness, can be heard in Mr. Mitchell's versions more clearly than in any others. His work is masterful. - - W.S. Merwin About the Author Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) studied literature, art history, and philosophy in both Munich and Prague and is often considered one of the German language's greatest twentieth-century poets. His two most famous verse sequences are the Sonnets to Orpheus and the Duino Elegies; his two most famous prose works are Letters to a Young Poet and the semiautobiographical The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. (I try very hard to list my items honestly but sometimes I miss something. If for any reason you are unhappy with your item after you receive your item, please let me know. It is very important to me that you are satisfied with your purchase)

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