| Selected Poems First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Rilke, Rainer M. (Author), Macintyre, C. F. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0520229258 ISBN-13: 9780520229259 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2001 Annotation: Strange violin, are you following me? In how many towns when I am alone your lonely night has called to mine? Do hundreds play you, or only one? from The Neighbor |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General |
| Dewey: 831.912 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 4.33" W x 7.28" (0.31 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These poems, selected from Das Buch der Bilder and the two parts of Neue Gedichte, show Rilke's deep concern with sculpture and painting. Written in his less mystical period (1900-1908), the poems exhibit Rilke's particular artistic and poetic power. Rainer Maria Rilke was one of Germany's most important poets. His influences include the paintings of the Worpswedders and the French Impressionists, the sculpture of Rodin (to whom he was both friend and secretary), and the poetry of Baudelaire, Verlaine, Mallarm , and other symbolists. His poetry is innovative, enigmatic, and entertainingly idiosyncratic. C.F. MacIntyre's translations are both true to the original and poetic in their own right, and in each book he includes an introduction and notes. German text faces the English translation. |