Saltimbanques
Subtitle: prose poems
By: by Rainer Maria Rilke ; translated from the French by A. Poulin, Jr.
Contributors: Poulin, A.; Graywolf Press.; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Port Townsend [Wash.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 37
Subjects: Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 -- Translations into English.; Prose poems, French -- Translations into English.
Notes: French & English on opposite pages.
First in a series of 5 volumes of Rilke's French poetry, translated by A. Poulin, published by the press. The other volumes were The roses & The windows (c1979), The astonishment of origins (c1982), Orchards (c1982), and The migration of powers (c1984)
"Two hundred and twenty copies ... printed"--Colophon.
Table of contents: title: Saltimbanques = Saltimbanques; title: Petit carnet = Small notebook; title: Poème en prose = Prose poem; title: Comment fais-tu ... = Melon; title: Mélancolie matinale = Morning melancholy; title: Cimetière = Cemetery.