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Publisher: Vintage
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
ISBN: 9780679722014
Year: 2017
Format: Paperback
Poetry, Classics
The Selected Poetry
by
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Selected Poetry by
Rainer Maria Rilke
Reviews
"This miracle of a book, perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has ever produced"
Chicago Tribune
Summary
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.
Parallel German text and English translation.