{"product_id":"the-complete-french-poems-of-rainer-maria-rilke-9781555973612","title":"The Complete French Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published as four clothbound editions (\u003ci\u003eThe Roses and The Windows\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Astonishment of Origins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrchards\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Migration of Powers\u003c\/i\u003e), this large paperback brings together all of Rilke's French poems, as well as his hitherto unpublished \u003ci\u003eDedications and Fragments\u003c\/i\u003e, in an exquisite English translation by A. Poulin, Jr. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore Poulin's important efforts, it wasn't widely known that Rilke--often deemed one of modernity's finest writers for his work in German--also wrote over 400 poems in French. These lyrics were composed toward the end of Rilke's life, after he had produced his masterworks, \u003ci\u003e Duino Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet the French poems are entirely of a piece with Rilke's characteristic themes, subjects, moods, and images. As Poulin notes in his Preface to \u003ci\u003eThe Complete French Poems\u003c\/i\u003e: \"The French lyrics [are] small poems of careful attentiveness to the things of this world [and] to the elusive states of being in which the world is poetically transformed.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rainer Maria Rilke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555973612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555973612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.06w x 1.16d","brand":"Rainer Maria Rilke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994274463999,"sku":"9781555973612","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a3d8f6b-209c-4843-82f4-eeb206be34c9.jpg?v=1683329169","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-complete-french-poems-of-rainer-maria-rilke-9781555973612","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}