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Poems
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Description for Poems
Hardcover. Beginning with the delicate works the author wrote in French, this book provides an ideal introduction to this work. Translator(s): Spender, Stephen; Poulin, A.; Leishman, J. B.; etc. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Though as yet little known in English-speaking countries, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is the finest German poet of this century and one of the greatest lyrical writers in the history of Western literature. A major figure in the modernist movement, with some affinities to Yeats, Rilke had a profound influence on other 20th century poets such as Pasternak and Akhmatova. He is a master of vivid and breathtakingly original imagery in which difficult ideas are made directly apprehensible to the reader and new worlds of experience are opened up. This selection includes poems from all stages of his career, beginning ... Read more
Though as yet little known in English-speaking countries, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is the finest German poet of this century and one of the greatest lyrical writers in the history of Western literature. A major figure in the modernist movement, with some affinities to Yeats, Rilke had a profound influence on other 20th century poets such as Pasternak and Akhmatova. He is a master of vivid and breathtakingly original imagery in which difficult ideas are made directly apprehensible to the reader and new worlds of experience are opened up. This selection includes poems from all stages of his career, beginning ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857157307
SKU
V9781857157307
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About Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke (1975-1926), one of Germany’s greatest lyrical poets, was born in Prague. He studied literature and the history of art in Munich and Berlin, and lived for some time in Paris where he was a secretary to the sculptor Rodin. He died in Switzerland.
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