Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus
Rilke is one of the most widely read poets of the 20th century. In his poetry, Rilke addresses the problems of death, God, and "destructive time," and attempts to overcome and transform these problems into an indestructive inner world.
Rilke is one of the most widely read poets of the 20th century. In his poetry, Rilke addresses the problems of death, God, and "destructive time," and attempts to overcome and transform these problems into an indestructive inner world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780395250587 (0395250587)
Publish date: February 17th 1977
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
To fill in the German around the audiobook.
Translated and read by Stephen Mitchell. I love Rilke so instead of commenting on the poems, I'll kvetch a little about some of the shortfalls of audiobooks. In book form, does this translation have an introduction? Explanatory notes? A facing page in the original German? In addition to the pretty c...
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