Duino Elegies Deluxe Edition

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The first-ever English translation of Rilke’s landmark poetry cycle, by Vita and Edward Sackville-West ­– reissued for the first time in 90 yearsIn 1931, Virginia and Leonard Woolf ’s Hogarth Press published a small run of a beautiful edition of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies, in English translation by the writers Vita and Edward Sackville-West. This marked the English debut of Rilke’s masterpiece, which would eventually be rendered in English over 20 times, influencing countless poets, musicians and artists across the English-speaking world.Published for the first time in 90 years, the Sackville-Wests’ translation is both a fascinating historical document and a magnificent blank-verse rendering of Rilke’s poetry cycle. Featuring a new introduction from critic Lesley Chamberlain, this reissue casts one of European literature’s great masterpieces in fresh light. Author: Rainer Maria RilkeTranslator: Vita Sackville-WestIntroduction: Edward Sackville-West / Lesley Chamberlain Publisher: Pushkin PressPage Count: 112ppSize: 5.5 x 9Notes: hardcover, Deluxe EditionDate of Publication: February 22, 2022ISBN: 978-1782277798 Show more