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Rilke's Late Poetry: Duino Elegies, the Sonnets to Orpheus & Selected Last Poems

Autor Rainer Rilke
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 apr 2017
The late poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is one of the summits of European poetry in the twentieth century. Completed in 1922, as were T S Eliot's The Waste Land and James Joyce's Ulysses, Duino Elegies ranks with them as a classic of literary Modernism and as an inquiry into the spiritual crisis of modernity. The ten long poems grapple with the issue of how the human condition and the role of art have altered in the modern era, with the decline of religion and the acceleration of technology. 1922 also saw the unexpected birth and completion of a new work, The Sonnets to Orpheus, a cycle of 55 sonnets giving lyrical expression to the philosophical insights gained in the Elegies. This is dedicated to Orpheus, the mythic singer and lyre player, who becomes a symbol for Rilke of the acceptance of transience in life and transformation in art. The third part of the late poetry consists of the less known brief lyrics Rilke wrote in the five years prior to his death in December 1926. These last poems constitute a kind of third testament, along with the Elegies and Sonnets. Graham Good's edition is the first to combine translations of all three into a single volume. His versions represent the meanings and echo the sound patterns of the original within fluid and readable English verse, while the introduction and detailed commentary elucidate the contexts, themes and allusions to help make Rilke's late poetry accessible to contemporary poetry lovers and spiritual seekers.
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ISBN-13: 9781553800248
ISBN-10: 1553800249
Pagini: 186
Dimensiuni: 230 x 155 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Ronsdale Press
Colecția Ronsdale Press (CA)

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Goods translation . . . [is] as clear in imagery, as dexterous in syntax and smooth and sharp in rhythm as one could hope Canadian Notes & Queries May 2016
The strength of Goods translation is that while he is faithful to the original, he strives to make the work relevant to current poetics. . . . It is now my definitive edition. Word Magazine May 2016
[Goods] rendition is respectful and creative, and our perceptions of Rilke are deepened by reading his book. - Vancouver Sun May 2016
the work is lucid and accessible, its lambent language as if Rilke had written the poems today . . . an excellent text. - Pacific Rim Review of Books May 2016