The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke: Bilingual Edition

Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell, Stephen Mitchell

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Book cover for The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke: Bilingual Edition

The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke: Bilingual Edition

The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke: Bilingual Edition

Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell, Stephen Mitchell

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" 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.

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.

Publishing Information

Publisher: Vintage
Pub date: 1989-03-13
Length: 400 pages

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