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| Original Title: | Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry & Prose |
| ISBN: | 0679601619 (ISBN13: 9780679601616) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rainer Maria Rilke
Hardcover | Pages: 615 pages Rating: 4.63 | 760 Users | 36 Reviews
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| Title | : | Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose |
| Author | : | Rainer Maria Rilke |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 615 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 1995 by Modern Library (first published January 1st 1995) |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Classics. European Literature. German Literature. Fiction. Literature. Writing. Essays. Unfinished |
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The reputation of Rainer Maria Rilke has grown steadily since his death in 1926; today he is widely considered to be the greatest poet of the twentieth century. This Modern Library edition presents Stephen Mitchell’s acclaimed translations of Rilke, which have won praise for their re-creation of the poet’s rich formal music and depth of thought. “If Rilke had written in English,” Denis Donoghue wrote in The New York Times Book Review, “he would have written in this English.” Ahead of All Parting is an abundant selection of Rilke’s lifework. It contains representative poems from his early collections The Book of Hours and The Book of Pictures; many selections from the revolutionary New Poems, which drew inspiration from Rodin and Cezanne; the hitherto little-known “Requiem for a Friend”; and a generous selection of the late uncollected poems, which constitute some of his finest work. Included too are passages from Rilke’s influential novel, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, and nine of his brilliant uncollected prose pieces. Finally, the book presents the poet’s two greatest masterpieces in their entirety: the Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus. “Rilke’s voice, with its extraordinary combination of formality, power, speed and lightness, can be heard in Mr. Mitchell’s versions more clearly than in any others,” said W. S. Merwin. “His work is masterful.”Rating Containing Books Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose
Ratings: 4.63 From 760 Users | 36 ReviewsColumn Containing Books Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose
Read before bed...it will give you beautiful dreamsone day i'll have this entire thing memorized.
this man saved my life in 1999. love him. haven't read this yet but knowing it has been in my collection has been more than a comfort even still. love him. bedtime reading
Love. Love. Love. Love. I love him.
Rilke reassures me, always. Wow.
This is a really wonderful translation of Rilke's work by Stephen Mitchell.
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