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DUINO ELEGIES and THE SONNETS TO ORPHEUS
by Rilke, Maria Rainer
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0395250153
- ISBN 13
- 9780395250150
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. First edition. 203 pp. Uncorrected proof copy of these translations by A. Poulin, Jr., an ealry work from a poet best known as the publisher of the fine BOA Press. Small stain bottom edge, else about fine.
Synopsis
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is one of the greatest lyric German poets. Born in Prague, he published his first book of poems, Leben und Lieber , at age nineteen. He met Lou Salomé, the talented and spirited daughter of a Russian army officer, who influenced him deeply. In 1902 he became the friend, and for a time the secretary, of Rodin, and it was during his twelve-year Paris residence that Rilke enjoyed his greatest poetic activity. In 1919 he went to Switzerland where he spent the last years of his life. It was there that he wrote his last two works, Duino Elegies (1923) and The Sonnets to Orpheus (1923). About the Translator: Stephen Mitchell was born in Brooklyn in 1943 and studied at Amherst, the University of Paris and Yale. Considered one of the preeminent translators of his generation he has translated many classic texts including Gilgamesh , The Bhagavad Gita , Tao Te Ching and the Book of Job .
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- Seller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 71601
- Title
- DUINO ELEGIES and THE SONNETS TO ORPHEUS
- Author
- Rilke, Maria Rainer
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395250153
- ISBN 13
- 9780395250150
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1977
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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