RILKE, RAINER MARIA
Dance the Orange: Selected Poems
- ISBN 13:
- 9781861713667
- author:
- RILKE, RAINER MARIA
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Crescent Moon Publishing
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 112
- Dimensions:
- 23.4 x 15.6 x 0.6 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, Poetry,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Dance the Orange: Selected Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke. This revised and updated edition brings together some of the poet's most intense, compact, and lyrical works, including poems from his New Poems, Duino Elegies, and later pieces. Rilke's poetry is known for its exploration of love, its fleeting nature, and the human experience. His translations by Michael Hamburger feature the German original facing each poem, providing a unique insight into the poet's work. This collection showcases Rilke's inventive use of language to capture the many states and images of love. A key aspect of Rilke's poetry is his ability to infuse language with blissful tones, yet he struggled to translate these feelings into reality. His poems offer a glimpse into the transitory nature of love and the inevitability of parting, as he saw life as a 'continuous flow of vicissitudes'.
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