{"product_id":"the-poetry-of-rilke-9780374532710","title":"The Poetry of Rilke","description":"For the past twenty-five years, North Point Press has been working with Edward Snow, \"Rilke's best contemporary translator\" (Brian Phillips, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e), to bring into English Rilke's major poetic works. \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Rilke\u003c\/i\u003e--the single most comprehensive volume of Rilke's German poetry ever to be published in English--is the culmination of this effort. With more than two hundred and fifty selected poems by Rilke, including complete translations of the \u003ci\u003eSonnets to Orpheus \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eDuino Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Rilke \u003c\/i\u003espans the arc of Rilke's work, from the breakthrough poems of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Hours \u003c\/i\u003eto the visionary masterpieces written only weeks before his death. This landmark bilingual edition also contains all of Snow's commentaries on Rilke, as well as an important new introduction by the award-winning poet Adam Zagajewski. \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Rilke \u003c\/i\u003ewill stand as the authoritative single-volume translation of Rilke into English for years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rainer Maria Rilke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 2.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374532710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRainer Maria Rilke\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Prague in 1875 and traveled throughout Europe for much of his adult life, returning frequently to Paris. His last years were spent in Switzerland, where he completed his two poetic masterworks, the \u003ci\u003eDuino Elegies \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eSonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e. He died of leukemia in December 1926. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Snow\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at Rice University. He is the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for his Rilke translations and has twice received the Academy of American Poets' Harold Morton Landon Translation Award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Rainer Maria Rilke \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47674877280413,"sku":"9780374532710","price":46.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_71d564cd-6fb2-4634-9b74-dd58b54cb069.jpg?v=1771915272","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-poetry-of-rilke-9780374532710","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}