Sonnets to Orpheus
One of the literary masterpieces of the century, this translation is now presented with facing-page German.To Rilke himself the Sonnets to Orpheus were "perhaps the most mysterious in the way they came up and entrusted themselves to me, the most enigmatic dictation I have ever held through and...
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One of the literary masterpieces of the century, this translation is now presented with facing-page German.To Rilke himself the Sonnets to Orpheus were "perhaps the most mysterious in the way they came up and entrusted themselves to me, the most enigmatic dictation I have ever held through and achieved; the whole first part was written down in a single breathless act of obedience, between the 2nd and 5th of February, without one word being doubtful or having to be changed." With facing-page German.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393328851 (0393328856)
Publish date: April 17th 2006
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English