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Category - Fiction / Poetry
Format - Paperback
Condition - New
Listed - 4 months ago
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Ships From - Illinois
Est. Publication Date - Mar 1989
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Parallel German text and English translation. The influence and popularity of Rilke’s poetry in America have never been greater than they are today, more than fifty years after his death. Rilke is unquestionably the most significant and compelling poet of romantic transformation, of spiritual quest, that the twentieth century has known. His poems of ecstatic identification with the world exert a seemingly endless fascination for contemporary readers. In Stephen Mitchell’s versions, many readers feel that they have discovered an English rendering that captures the lyric intensity, fluency, and reach of Rilke’s poetry more accurately and convincingly than has ever been done before. Mr. Mitchell is impeccable in his adherence to Rilke’s text, to his formal music, and to the complexity of his thoughts; at the same time, his work has authority and power as poetry in its own right. Few translators of any poet have arrived at the delicate balance of fidelity and originality that Mr. Mitchell has brought off with seeming effortlessness. Originally published: New York : Random House, 1982.
Overview
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke: Bilingual Edition Vintage International Edition
ISBN: 9780679722014
Publisher Description
Rilke's poems, in the original German and English translation, show his concern with romantic transformations and spiritual quests
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