$26.40
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
21 January 2025
Summary
Rediscovering Rilke: The Lost Elegies
In 1931, Virginia and Leonard Woolf’s Hogarth Press introduced Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies to the English-speaking world, translated by Vita and Edward Sackville-West. This marked the English debut of Rilke’s masterpiece, a work that would profoundly influence poets, musicians, and artists.
Now, after 90 years, the Sackville-Wests’ translation is published again, revealing both a fascinating historical artifact and a magn…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781782277804 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1782277803 |
| Series: | Pushkin Deluxe Classics |
| Author: | Rainer Maria Rilke, Vita Sackville-West, Lesley Chamberlain, Edward Sackville-West |
| Publisher: | Pushkin Press |
| Imprint: | Pushkin Press Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 21 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 116g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘The deepest mysteries of existence embodied in the most delicate and precise images. For me, the greatest poetry of the 20th century’ - Philip Pullman
‘Fascinating’ - Guardian
‘A real event… this gorgeous hardcover collector’s item is worth it for the look - and for the backstory’ - ExBerliner
About The Author
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer 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.
Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) was an English novelist, poet and garden designer. Born to an aristocratic family in the Kent countryside, she became a prolific and successful author, publishing many novels and a dozen volumes of poetry.
Edward Sackville-West (1901-65) was an English novelist and music critic who, in his later years, became a member of the House of Lords. He wrote several well-received novels and biographies and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his book on Thomas de Quincey.
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