Sonnets to Orpheus

Sonnets to Orpheus - Paperback

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Sonnets to Orpheus - Paperback

Sonnets to Orpheus - Paperback

by Rainer Maria Rilke
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To Rilke himself the Sonnets to Orpheus were "perhaps the most mysterious in the way they came up and entrusted themselves to me, the most enigmatic dictation I have ever held through and achieved; the whole first part was written down in a single breathless act of obedience, between the 2nd and 5th of February, without one word being doubtful or having to be changed." With facing-page German.
ISBN9780393328851
Author Rainer Maria Rilke
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2006
LanguageENG- English
Pages162
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) was one of the greatest lyric German-language poets. Born in Prague, he published his first book of poems, Leben und Lieber, at age 19. In 1897 he met Lou Andreas-Salomé, the talented and spirited daughter of a Russian army officer, who influenced him deeply. In 1902 he became a friend, and for a time the secretary, of Rodin, and it was during his 12-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 Sonnets to Orpheus (1923).

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