The Book of Hours (eBook)

Rainer Maria Rilke (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
368 Seiten
W. W. Norton & Company (Verlag)
978-1-324-07497-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A gorgeous new translation of one of the strongest inaugural works in twentieth century poetry.Long hailed as a masterwork of modern German literature, The Book of Hours (1905) marks the origin of Rainer Maria Rilkes distinctive voice and visionwhere clarity of diction meets unexpected imagery and first-person poetry discovers its full lyric possibility. In these audacious poems, a devout but candid speaker addresses an ultimately unknowable deity, passing through love, fear, guilt, anger, bewilderment, loneliness, tenderness, and exaltation in his search for meaning.In this dual-language edition, Edward Snow, the most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilkes contemporary translators (Michael Dirda, Washington Post), makes Rilkes achievement accessible as never before in English. Snow retains a striking fidelity to the German text while also conveying the captivating psychological presence that animates Rilkes best poems.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.8.2024
• Übersetzer: Edward Snow
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Schlagworte: award-winning poets • German poetry • German poets • international poetry • Modern Poetry • translated poetry • twentieth century poets • world poetry
• ISBN-10: 1-324-07497-3 / 1324074973
• ISBN-13: 978-1-324-07497-7 / 9781324074977