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Ahead of All Parting

by Rainer Maria Rilke

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

This work contains representative poems from the author's early collections.

Review:

"This is, without any doubt, the best English rendering of Rilke. It is as faithful to the original as the translation of poetry can hope to be, faithful not only to its linguistic meaning but to its poetic expressiveness." Erich Heller

Review:

"Stephen Mitchell's translation of Rilke's most demandingly difficult and loveliest work instantly makes every other rendering obsolete. No doubt about it, Rilke has at last found, in Mr. Mitchell's version, the ideal poetics and the perfect translator." William Arrowsmith

Review:

"Perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has produced." Chicago Tribune
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780679601616
Subtitle:
The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke
Translator:
Mitchell, Stephen
Author:
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Author:
Rilke, Ranier Maria
Author:
Mitchell, Stephen
Publisher:
Modern Library
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Single Author *
Subject:
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Subject:
Continental european
Subject:
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Subject:
Translations into english
Copyright:
1995
Edition Number:
Modern Library ed.
Edition Description:
Hardcover
Large Print:
Y
Series:
Modern Library (Hardcover)
Series Volume:
1130.
Publication Date:
August 1995
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
640
Dimensions:
8.33x5.70x1.15 in. 1.40 lbs.
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