{"product_id":"selected-poems-rainer-maria-rilke","title":"Selected Poems (Rainer Maria Rilke)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e'Nowhere, beloved, can world be but within us'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is one of the leading poets of European Modernism, and one of the greatest twentieth-century lyric poets in German. From \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e in 1905 to the \u003cem\u003eSonnets of Orpheus\u003c\/em\u003e written in 1922, his poetry explores themes of death, love, and loss. He strives constantly to interrogate the relationship between his art and the world around him, moving from the neo-romantic and the mystic towards the precise craft of expressing the everyday in poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis bilingual edition fully reflects Rilke's poetic development. It contains the full text of the \u003cem\u003eDuino Elegies \u003c\/em\u003eand the \u003cem\u003eSonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/em\u003e, selected poems from \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Images\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, and earlier volumes, and from the uncollected poetry 1906-26. The translations are accurate, sensitive, and nuanced, and are accompanied by an introduction and notes that elucidate Rilke's poetic practice and his central role in modern poetry. \u003cbr\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eRobert Vilain is a Rilke specialist, co-editor (with Karen Leeder) of the \u003cem\u003eCambridge Companion to Rilke\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) and a volume of essays in German on the late Rilke (2010). He has published widely on Rilke and his contemporaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusan Ranson is a poet and translator, a contributor to \u003cem\u003eModern Poetry in Translation\u003c\/em\u003e. Her translation of Rilke's \u003cem\u003eBook of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 2008 (Camden House): 'fine, faithful versions...[which capture] the sonorities of the verse with apparent ease' (Brown Books).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarielle Sutherland is a published translator and author of \u003cem\u003eImages of Absence: Death and the Language of Concealment in the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke\u003c\/em\u003e (Weidler Verlag, 2006).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Print PDF, Deutsch, 416 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65811943981405,"sku":"K028460032","price":15.4,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/2846003200001A.jpg?v=1788528091","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/selected-poems-rainer-maria-rilke","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}