Diaries of a Young Poet

Rilke, Rainer Maria

ISBN 10: 0393045536 / ISBN 13: 9780393045536

Edité par W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, 1997

A propos de cet article

New York: Norton, 1997. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 306 pp. A brand new book, except that someone wrote their name, "SMITH" on the top of the pages. So, very good in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Diaries of a Young Poet
• Éditeur: W W Norton & Co Inc, New York
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0393045536
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780393045536
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Biographies and Memoirs
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

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

Présentation de l'éditeur

"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.