Diaries of a Young Poet - Couverture souple

Rilke, Rainer Maria

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0393318508 ISBN 13 : 9780393318500

Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 1998

Synopsis

"In the diaries [Rilke] kept from 1898 to 1900, now translated for the first time . . . the overall impression is that of a genius just coming into his own powers." --Boston Phoenix In April 1898 Rainer Maria Rilke, not yet twenty-three, began a diary of his Florence visit. It was to record, in the form of an imaginary dialogue with his mentor and then-lover, Lou Andreas-Salome, his firsthand experiences of early Renaissance art. The project quickly expanded to include not only thoughts on life, history, and artistic genius, but also unguarded moments of revulsion, self-doubt, and manic expectation. The result is an intimate glimpse into the young Rilke, already experimenting brilliantly with language and metaphor. "For the lover of Rilke, this superb translation of the poet's early diaries will be a watershed. Through Edward Snow's and Michael Winkler's brilliantly supple and faithful translation . . . a new and more balanced picture of Rilke will emerge." --Ralph Freedman Illustrations, photographs, maps.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), the author of Sonnets to Orpheus, Duino Elegies, and Letters to a Young Poet, was one of the greatest poets of the German language.

Edward Snow has received an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for his Rilke translations. A professor at Rice University, he lives in Houston, Texas.

Michael Winkler has written extensively on modern poetry and fiction. He is a professor at Rice University and lives in Houston, Texas.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: W. W. Norton & Company
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393318508
• ISBN 13: 9780393318500
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 342
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