Sonnets to Orpheus - Hardcover
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Rainer Maria Rilke, Christiane Marks (Translator)Publish date:2019-12-10Pages:130
Language:EnglishPublisher:Open LetterISBN-13:9781948830065ISBN-10:194883006XUPC:9781948830065Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:7.10 x 4.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC61DS7PZN
Sonnets to Orpheus
Rainer Maria Rilke's fifty-five Sonnets to Orpheus were written over a few days in an astonishing burst of inspiration. Described by Rilke himself as "a spontaneous inner dictation," the sequence is among the most famous works of modernist literature, and Christiane Marks's fresh new translations succeed in evoking Rilke's music--often sacrificed in translation--opening a new window on these...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Open LetterISBN-13:9781948830065ISBN-10:194883006XUPC:9781948830065Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:7.10 x 4.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SC61DS7PZN
Rainer Maria Rilke was born in Prague in 1875 and traveled throughout Europe for much of his adult life, returning frequently to Paris. His last years were spent in Switzerland, where he completed his two poetic masterworks, the Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus. He died of leukemia in December 1926.
Christiane Marks came to the U.S. from Germany as a child and holds a BA in Comparative...
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