Rilke Poems
$35.68
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
15 November 1996
Summary
Though as yet little known in English-speaking countries, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is the finest German poet of this century and one of the greatest lyrical writers in the history of Western literature. A major figure in the modernist movement, with some affinities to Yeats, Rilke had a profound influence on other 20th century poets such as Pasternak and Akhmatova. He is a master of vivid and breathtakingly original imagery in which difficult ideas are made directly apprehensible to the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857157307 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1857157303 |
| Author: | Rainer Maria Rilke |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 1996 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 165mm x 113mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library POCKET POETS |
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About The Author
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), one of Germany’s greatest lyrical poets, was born in Prague. He studied literature and the history of art in Munich and Berlin, and lived for some time in Paris where he was a secretary to the sculptor Rodin. He died in Switzerland.
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