Reading Rilke
Subtitle: reflections on the problems of translation
By: by William H. Gass.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: A. Knopf
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 -- Translating; Rilke, Rainer Marie, 1875-1926; Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926. Duineser Elegien; Authors, German -- 20th century -- Biography; Translating and interpreting
Description: "After nearly a lifetime of reading Rilke in English, William Gass undertook the task of translating Rilke's writing in order to see if he could, in that way, get closer to the work he so deeply admired.

With Gass's own background in philosophy, it seemed natural to begin with the Duino Elegies, the poems in which Rilke's ideas are most fully expressed and which as a group are important not only as one of the supreme poetic achievements of the West but also because of the way in which they came to be written - in a storm of inspiration."--BOOK JACKET.

"Gass examines the genesis of the ideas that inform the Elegies and discusses previous translations. He writes, as well, about Rilke the man: his character, his relationships, his life."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-233)

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