Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus

Rainer Maria Rilke

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005 - Poetry - 205 pages

Long considered the definitive English translation of Rilke's brilliant andhaunting masterworks, A. Poulin's edition of Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus provides an essential introduction to some of the most passionate and intensely creative visionary poetry of the twentieth century. With a new foreword by the esteemed poet Mark Doty and a fresh new design, Poulin's revered translation is certain to acquaint a new generation of readers with the works of Rilke.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus
• Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
• Translated by: A. Poulin (Jr.)
• Contributor: Mark Doty
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005
• ISBN: 0618565892, 9780618565894
• Length: 205 pages
• Subjects: Poetry / European / General; Poetry / European / German; Poetry / General; Poetry / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss; Poetry / Subjects & Themes / Inspirational & Religious