In fifty-five sonnets, Rilke plays an astonishing set of philosophical and sensual variations on the Orpheus myth. 'Praising, that's it!' he declares; nature, art, love, time, childhood, technology, poverty, justice - all are encompassed in poems that spark with insight and invention, amongst the joyful and light-footed that Rilke ever wrote. 'All poetry resists translation, and one poem may have many different versions in another language; what I look for first is clarity, and this version supplies that generously. With ...
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In fifty-five sonnets, Rilke plays an astonishing set of philosophical and sensual variations on the Orpheus myth. 'Praising, that's it!' he declares; nature, art, love, time, childhood, technology, poverty, justice - all are encompassed in poems that spark with insight and invention, amongst the joyful and light-footed that Rilke ever wrote. 'All poetry resists translation, and one poem may have many different versions in another language; what I look for first is clarity, and this version supplies that generously. With the presence of the German text and Crucefix's helpful notes, the English-speaking reader with little or no German will find in this version a welcoming entrance to the path which leads eventually to a full understanding - if a full understanding of this mysterious poetry is ever possible. This translation will have, and keep, a place on my shelves where all the poetry lives.' PHILIP PULLMAN
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Very Good. 1985 Simon & Schuster hard cover-same ISBN as Paperback-1st edition THUS 1st printing-slight staining to dust jacket and closed page edge-price clipped-otherwise dust jacket and cover fine binding strong contents clean-an overall nice copy-enjoy.
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1st Edition 1st Printing full number line, HARDBACK w/Dustjacket in PROTECTIVE MYLAR cover, includes notes, appendix, some shelf wear, near Fine copy! FREE USPS TRACKING NUMBER! Simon and Schuster, 1985. 1st Edition, 1st printing.
