COMPOSED IN A BURST of inspiration near the end of the poet's life, Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus represents the consummation of the writer's career, distilling the essence of his poetic wisdom in a gem-like sequence. This new translation--with the original German on facing pages--offers a clear window into the world of this endlessly scintillating cycle of poems.

"Daniel Polikoff's English version of Rilke's last sonnet sequence, perhaps his greatest work, is wholly admirable. Rilke's late work is extremely difficult to penetrate. Both its conceptual nature and Rilke's unique use of the...

Wie manches Mal durch das noch unbelaubte Gezweig ein Morgen durchsieht, der schon ganz im Fruhling ist: so ist in seinem Haupte nichts, was verhindern konnte, dass der Glanz"

The Sonnets of Orpheus I by Rainer Maria Rilke Translated by Joshua Jennings - A ShortWorks Publication ShortWorks is an independent publishing group that compiles short, compelling works, from arts, music and literature to social criticism and history to science and technology.
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En Los ultimos y otros relatos no dejara de sorprendernos la versatilidad de Rilke, capaz de introducirse igualmente en el mundo magico de los cuentos de hadas que en la atmosfera opresiva de los cuadros de familia o en la perspectiva intima del relato de formacion, como en el autobiografico Ewald Tragy."

A lo largo de su correspondencia con Rilke, Lou Andreas-Salome ejercio una cura de alma sobre el poeta, convencida de que las fuerzas oscuras de la persona constituian la unica fuente tanto de "curacion" como de creacion del poeta."