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1 online resource |
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Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Sonnets Part One : Sonnette Erster Teil; I; I; II; II; III; III; IV; IV; V; V; VI; VI; VII; VII; VIII; VIII; IX; IX; X; X; XI; XI; XII; XII; XIII; XIII; XIV; XIV; XV; XV; XVI; XVI; XVII; XVII; XVIII; XVIII; XIX; XIX; XX; XX; XXI; XXI; XXII; XXII; XXIII; XXIII; XXIV; XXIV; XXV; XXV; XXVI; XXVI; Sonnets Part Two : Sonnette Zweiter Teil; I; I; II; II; III; III; IV; IV; V; V; VI; VI; VII; VII; VIII; VIII; IX; IX; X; X; XI; XI; XII; XII; XIII; XIII; XIV; XIV; XV; XV; XVI; XVI; XVII; XVII; XVIII; XVIII; XIX; XIX; XX; XX; XXI; XXI |
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XXIIXXII; XXIII; XXIII; XXIV; XXIV; XXV; XXV; XXVI; XXVI; XXVII; XXVII; XXVIII; XXVIII; XXIX; XXIX; Bibliography; Notes; LETTERS TO A YOUNG POET; Introduction by Peter Porter; Preface by Franz Xaver Kappus; The Letters; Rainer Maria Rilke, Franz Xaver Kappus; Chronology 1903-1909; Also from Carcanet; Copyright |
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They are perhaps most mysterious, even to me, ' wrote Rainer Maria Rilke of the Sonnets to Orpheus, 'in the manner in which they arrived and imposed themselves on me - the most puzzling dictation I have ever received and taken down.' Rilke, born in Prague in 1875, died at Valmont near Montreux in the last days of 1926. His Sonnets to Orpheus may appear comparatively simple, even casual, at first reading, but they are crammed with content which resonates far beyond the familiar legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. The Sonnets have an astonishing range which takes in the Singing God and his beloved E |
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Translation of: Sonette an Orpheus and; Briefe an einen jungen Dichter |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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German with parallel English text and English |
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Print version record |
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Kappus, Franz Xaver, 1883-1966 -- Correspondence
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Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926. Correspondence.
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Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 -- Translations into English
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Kappus, Franz Xaver, 1883-1966 fast |
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Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 fast |
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Correspondence (Rilke, Rainer Maria) fast |
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Authors, German -- 20th century -- Correspondence
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POETRY -- Continental European.
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Authors, German
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personal correspondence.
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Personal correspondence
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Translations
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Personal correspondence.
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Correspondance privée.
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Electronic book
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Cohn, Stephen.
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| ISBN |
9781847775627 |
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1847775624 |
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