Rainer Maria Rilke's The Book of Hours : A New Translation with Commentary

Name: Rainer Maria Rilke's The Book of Hours : A New Translation with Commentary
Brand: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Boydell & Brewer Ltd

A superb new (and complete) translation of Rilke's luminously lyrical early book of poems, with scholarly introduction and commentary.\nRainer Maria Rilke is arguably the most important modern German-language poet. His New Poems, Duino Elegies, and Sonnets to Orpheus are pillars of 20th-century poetry. Yet his earlier verse is less known. The Bookof Hours, written in three bursts between 1899 and 1903, is Rilke's most formative work, covering a crucial period in his rapid ascent from fin-de-si\u00E8cle epigone to distinctive modern voice. The poems document Rilke'stour of Russia with Lou Andreas-Salom\u00E9, his hasty marriage and fathering of a child in Worpswede, and his turn toward the urban modernity of Paris. He assumes the persona of an artist-monk undertaking the Romantics' journey into the\n\nRainer Maria Rilke`s The Book of Hours \u2013 A New Translation with Commentary\nA New Translation with Commentary\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available wit;