{"product_id":"larenopfer-paperback","title":"Larenopfer - 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\u003eAlfred Zayas\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRainer Maria Rilke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRené Maria Rilke was born in Prague on 4 December 1875 and died near Montreux in Switzerland, on 29 December 1926. The foremost lyric German poet of the 20th century, he is remembered primarily for his \u003ci\u003eDuino Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNeue Gedichte\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBuch der Bilder\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eStundenbuch\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eCornet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlthough his mature poetry has been translated into many languages, his early poetry remains accessible only in the original German. This translation of the \u003ci\u003eLarenopfer\u003c\/i\u003e, or offerings to the Lares, the Roman household deities, are songs that Rilke sings to his hometown Prague and to his beloved Bohemia, short poems on the parks, fountains, churches, bridges and palaces of Prague, not forgetting Rabbi Löw's legends, the Jewish cemetery, the Thirty Years' War and, of course, young love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis cycle of 90 poems offers the reader a unique view into Rilke's fascinating world, the turn-of-the-century atmosphere of Prague, then the third largest city in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Here a young German of the ruling bourgeoisie shows great appreciation for contemporary Czech literary works and enthusiasm for the cause of Czech cultural identity. \u003ci\u003eLarenopfer\u003c\/i\u003e possesses not only literary merit but is also of considerable sociological and historical interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRainer Maria Rilke\u003c\/b\u003e was a Bohemian-Austrian poet. He is considered one of the most significant poets in the German language. His haunting images focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude, and profound anxiety: themes that tend to position him as a transitional figure between the traditional and the modernist poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfred de Zayas\u003c\/b\u003e is an American lawyer (Harvard) and historian (Gottingen), former Secretary of the United Nations Human Rights Committee and currently professor of international law at the Geneva School of Diplomacy. He was founder and President of the United Nations Society of Writers and since 2006 is President of the PEN Centre Suisse Romand, Switzerland. www.alfreddezayas.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48874596270329,"sku":"9781597090803","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/AxNxBYRbdr9781597090803.webp?v=1787326611","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/larenopfer-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}