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New Poems
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Rainer Maria Rilke
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With contributions by:
George C. Schoolfield
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Translated by:
Len Krisak
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Preface by:
George C. Schoolfield
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2015
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A new translation of Rilke's groundbreaking volume, following the formal properties of the original poems, especially meter and rhyme, as closely as English allows.
Rainer Maria Rilke, the most famous (and important) German language poet of the twentieth century - a master to be ranked with Goethe and Heine - wrote the New Poems of 1907 and 1908 in transition from his late-nineteenth-century style. They mark his appearance as a lyrical, metaphysical poet of the modernist sensibility, often using traditional forms like the sonnet to explore the inner essence, the deep heart, of things - often, quite literally, things. Influenced by his time spent as Rodin's secretary, Rilke turned to quotidian life and sought to artistically redeem it in all its possibilities. His exquisite use of meter and rhyme marks him as a "formalist" and yet a contemporary of Eliot and the later Yeats, so this translation follows, as closely as English allows, the formal properties of the original poems, in a line-for-line version, while trying to capture the spare diction and direct idiomsof modernism.
Len Krisak is a recipient of the Richard Wilbur, Robert Penn Warren, and Robert Frost prizes in poetry. He has published more than five hundred poems, including translations from the Latin, Greek, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and German.
Rainer Maria Rilke, the most famous (and important) German language poet of the twentieth century - a master to be ranked with Goethe and Heine - wrote the New Poems of 1907 and 1908 in transition from his late-nineteenth-century style. They mark his appearance as a lyrical, metaphysical poet of the modernist sensibility, often using traditional forms like the sonnet to explore the inner essence, the deep heart, of things - often, quite literally, things. Influenced by his time spent as Rodin's secretary, Rilke turned to quotidian life and sought to artistically redeem it in all its possibilities. His exquisite use of meter and rhyme marks him as a "formalist" and yet a contemporary of Eliot and the later Yeats, so this translation follows, as closely as English allows, the formal properties of the original poems, in a line-for-line version, while trying to capture the spare diction and direct idiomsof modernism.
Len Krisak is a recipient of the Richard Wilbur, Robert Penn Warren, and Robert Frost prizes in poetry. He has published more than five hundred poems, including translations from the Latin, Greek, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and German.
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Contributor: Rainer Maria Rilke
RAINER MARIA RILKE (1875-1926) was an Austrian poet and novelist .
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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Part I. Neue Gedichte / New Poems
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Part II. Der neuen Gedichte anderer Teil / The New Poems: The Other Part
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INDEX OF TITLES AND FIRST LINES OF GERMAN POEMS
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INDEX OF TITLES AND FIRST LINES OF ENGLISH POEMS
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eBook published on:
April 3, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9781782046141
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Camden House
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eBook ISBN:
9781782046141
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
