{"product_id":"sonnets-to-orpheus-paperback-4","title":"Sonnets to Orpheus - 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\u003eEdward A. Snow\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreathing, you invisible poem \u003cbr\u003eWorld-space in pure continuous interchange\u003cbr\u003ewith my own being. Equipose\u003cbr\u003ein which I rhythmically transpire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten only four years before Rilke's death, this sequence of sonnets, varied in form yet consistently structured, stands as the poet's final masterwork. In these meditations on the constant flux of our world and the ephemerality of experience, Rilke envisions death not only as one among many of life's transformations but also as an ideally receptive state of being. Because Orpheus has visited the realm of death and returned to the living, his lyre, a unifying presence in these poems, is an emblem of fluidity and musical transcendence. And Eurydice, condemned to Hades as a result of Orpheus's backward glance, becomes in Rilke's universe a mythical figure of consolation and hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdward Snow, in his translations of \u003ci\u003eNew Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Images\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUncollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDuino Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e, has emerged as Rilke's most able English-language interpreter. Adhering faithfully to the intent of Rilke's German while constructing nuanced, colloquial poems in English, Snow's \u003ci\u003eSonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e should serve as the authoritative translation for years to come.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Snow\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at Rice University. He is the recipient of an Academy of Arts and Letters Award for his Rilke translations and has twice received the Academy of American Poets' Harold Morton Landon Translation Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350529130745,"sku":"9780865477216","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RUcyTUJIMUNRTmNYUnN5MGZlMnB1QT09_f0a6b2c5-beeb-46ef-97ed-f533c91649b3.webp?v=1769786705","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/sonnets-to-orpheus-paperback-4","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}