{"product_id":"duino-elegies-the-sonnets-to-orpheus-a-dual-language-edition-paperback","title":"Duino Elegies \u0026 the Sonnets to Orpheus: A Dual-Language Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRainer Maria Rilke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephen Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable for the first time in a single volume, Ranier Maria Rilke's two most beloved sequences of poems rendered by his most faithful translator. Rilke is unquestionably the twentieth century's most significant and compelling poet of romantic transformation and spiritual quest. His poems of ecstatic identification with the world exert perennial fascination. In Stephen Mitchell's versions of Rilke's two greatest masterpieces readers will discover an English rendering that captures the lyric intensity, fluency, and reach of his poetry. Stephen Mitchell adheres impeccably to Rilke's text, to his formal music, and to the complexity of his thought; at the same time, Mitchell's work has authority and power as poetry in its own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRainer Maria Rilke \u003c\/b\u003e(1875-1926) is one of the greatest lyric German poets. Born in Prague, he published his first book of poems, \u003cb\u003eLeben und Lieber\u003c\/b\u003e, at age nineteen. He met Lou Salomé, the talented and spirited daughter of a Russian army officer, who influenced him deeply. In 1902 he became the friend, and for a time the secretary, of Rodin, and it was during his twelve-year Paris residence that Rilke enjoyed his greatest poetic activity. In 1919 he went to Switzerland where he spent the last years of his life. It was there that he wrote his last two works, \u003cb\u003eDuino Elegies \u003c\/b\u003e(1923) and \u003cb\u003eThe Sonnets to Orpheus \u003c\/b\u003e(1923). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Translator: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Mitchell \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Brooklyn in 1943 and studied at Amherst, the University of Paris and Yale. Considered one of the preeminent translators of his generation he has translated many classic texts including \u003ci\u003eGilgamesh\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bhagavad Gita\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTao Te Ching\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eBook of Job\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352747557113,"sku":"9780307473738","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WUhhnQdQpY9780307473738.webp?v=1769815569","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/duino-elegies-the-sonnets-to-orpheus-a-dual-language-edition-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}