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Duino Elegies, Deluxe Edition: The Original English Translation of Rilke's Landmark Poetry Cycle, by Vita and E Dward Sackville-West - Reissued for t (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781782277798)
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xThe first-ever English translation of Rilke's landmark poetry cycle, by Vita and Edward Sackville-West - reissued for the first time in 90 years In 1931, Virginia and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth Press published a small run of a beautiful edition of Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies, in English translation by the writers Vita and Edward Sackville-West. This marked the English debut of Rilke's masterpiece, which would eventually be rendered in English over 20 times, influencing countless poets, musicians and artists across the English-speaking world. Published for the first time in 90 years, the Sackville-Wests' translation is both a fascinating historical document and a magnificent blank-verse rendering of Rilke's poetry cycle. Featuring a new introduction from critic Lesley Chamberlain, this reissue casts one of European literature's great masterpieces in fresh light.
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
ISBN-10: 178227779X
ISBN-13: 9781782277798
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Language: English
Published: 02/22/2022
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.43w x 0.71d
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
ISBN-10: 178227779X
ISBN-13: 9781782277798
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Language: English
Published: 02/22/2022
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.43w x 0.71d
By Rainer Maria Rilke
xRainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), considered one of the greatest German-language writers, published his first collection of verse in 1894, while he was still at school, and continued to write poetry and prose throughout his life, becoming a master of both. Rilke died in Switzerland in 1926. Vita Sackville-West was an English novelist, poet and garden designer. Born to an artistocratic family, she became a prolific and successful author, publishing many novels and a dozen volumes of poetry. Sackville-West had a long, intense relationship with Virginia Woolf, and was the main inspiration for the titular character in Woolf's Orlando. Edward Sackville-West was an English novelist and music critic who, in his later years, became a member of the British House of Lords.
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