Duino Elegies Rainer Maria Rilke Pushkin Press Classics

The captivating original English translation of Rilke\'s landmark poetry cycle, by Vita and Edward Sackville-WestIn 1931, Virginia and Leonard Woolf\'s Hogarth Press published a beautiful edition of Rainer Maria Rilke\'s Duino Elegies, in English translation by the writers Vita and Edward Sackville-West. This marked the English debut of Rilke\'s masterpiece, which would go on to influence countless poets, musicians and artists across the English-speaking world.Now published for the first time in 90 years, the Sackville-Wests\' translation is both a fascinating historical document and a magnificent blank-verse rendering of Rilke\'s poetry cycle. Featuring a new introduction from critic Lesley Chamberlain, this reissue casts one of European literature\'s great masterpieces in fresh light.Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.Translated by Vita Sackville-West and Edward Sackville-WestRainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is considered one of the greatest German-language writers to have ever lived. He is best known for his Duino Elegies, Sonnets to Orpheus, and The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. Σελίδες: 112, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0304, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm