num_pages: 356
description: Parallel German text and English translation.The influence and popularity of Rilke’s poetry in America have never been greater than they are today, more than fifty years after his death. Rilke is unquestionably the most significant and compelling poet of romantic transformation, of spiritual quest, that the twentieth century has known. His poems of ecstatic identification with the world exert a seemingly endless fascination for contemporary readers.In Stephen Mitchell’s versions, many readers feel that they have discovered an English rendering that captures the lyric intensity, fluency, and reach of Rilke’s poetry more accurately and convincingly than has ever been done before.Mr. Mitchell is impeccable in his adherence to Rilke’s text, to his formal music, and to the complexity of his thoughts; at the same time, his work has authority and power as poetry in its own right. Few translators of any poet have arrived at the delicate balance of fidelity and originality that Mr. Mitchell has brought off with seeming effortlessness.Originally published: New York : Random House, 1982.
language: Multiple languages
title: The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
titlecomplete: The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
genres: 20th Century, Germany, Religion, Philosophy, Poetry, Literature, German Literature, Classics, Fiction, Czech Literature
ratings_count: 15265
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Harold Morton Landon Translation Award, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: Schlegel-Tieck Prize
category: Ian Crockatt
publisher: Vintage