| The Book of Images: Poems / Revised Bilingual Edition Contributor(s): Rilke, Rainer Maria (Author), Snow, Edward (Translator) |
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ISBN: 086547477X ISBN-13: 9780865474772 Publisher: North Point Press OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1994 Annotation: Now substantially revised by translator Edward Snow, this bilingual edition of The Book of Images contains a number of Rilke's previously untranslated poems, as well as many of his best -loved lyrics. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - German - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 831.912 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Now substantially revised by Edward Snow, whom Denise Levertov once called far and away Rilke's best translator, this bilingual edition of The Book of Images contains a number of the great poet's previously untranslated pieces. Also included are several of Rilke's best-loved lyrics, such as Autumn, Childhood, Lament, Evening, and Entrance. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rilke, Rainer Maria: - Rainer Maria Rilke was born in Prague in 1875 and traveled throughout Europe for much of his adult life, returning frequently to Paris. There he came under the influence of the sculptor Auguste Rodin and produced much of his finest verse, most notably the two volumes of New Poems as well as the great modernist novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. Among his other books of poems are The Book of Images and The Book of Hours. He lived the last years of his life in Switzerland, where he completed his two poetic masterworks, the Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus. He died of leukemia in December 1926.Snow, Edward: - Edward Snow is a professor of English at Rice University. He is the recipient of an Academy of Arts and Letters Award for his Rainer Maria Rilke translations and has twice received the Academy of American Poets' Harold Morton Landon Translation Award. He is the author of A Study of Vermeer and Inside Bruegel. |