Books : Duino Elegies (Green Integer)
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by: Rainer Maria Rilke
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811
EAN: 9781931243070
ISBN: 1931243077
Label: Green Integer
Manufacturer: Green Integer
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: November 01, 2001
Publisher: Green Integer
Sales Rank: 1091660
Studio: Green Integer
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Long dissatisfied with the highly romatical and often obscure translations in English of Rilke's great poem cycle, brother and sister Willam and Mary Crichton determined to work toward a translation that would be as straightforward and transparent, yet as lyrically beautiful as Rilke's German original. Working over the years, the Crichtons have produced a work in English worthy of Rilke's Duino Elegies, written at Duino near Trieste beginning in 1912 and completed in Switzerland in 1922. Rilke considered this one of his greatest achievements.
William Crichton lives in Toronto; Mary Crichton lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Rating:  - The Epitome of Poetry
For me, at least, Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies are the very epitome of poetry. I know others who, even though they admire Rilke above all other poets, prefer other "Rilke" poems, such as "Evening." For me, however, it has always been, and always will be, the Elegies. Certainly they are the most extravagant and elusive of Rilke's poems, even for those who count others among their favorites.
Rilke, who longed for a place of solitude in the country, arrived at the fortress-like Castle ... Read More
Rating:  - Disrespectful Translation: Rilke & William Carlos Williams?
Rilke's "Duino Elegies" form one of the most perfect collections of lyric poetry you can ever hope to get your hands on. Unfortunately for the David Young translation, however, there is much less Rilke than there ought to be; a series of strange decisions on Young's part casts a shadow over even the brighter moments of his rendering of this masterpiece.
For example, Rilke was a genius at enjambment; that is, he was a master at placing his most important words at the very end or very beginning ... Read More
Rating: - Breathtaking
"For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror we can just barely endure, and we admire it so because it calmly disdains to destroy us. Every angel is terrible." - Rainer Maria Rilke, First Elegy
The Duino Elegies are quite possibly the greatest work of Rainer Maria Rilke, himself one of the greatest poets, German language or otherwise, of all time. The elegies, writen in the cold vast chambers of Duino Castle, deal with all the greatest issues of human existence: love, death, tragedy, ... Read More
Rating: - Angel-Food Cake - with a twist
Rilke's poetry (to the extent the translation reflects it - which I am not competent to judge) is light, loose and flowing with an undercurrent of existential disturbance that invites the reader to "think" beyond the lightly-resting beauty of the text and grapple with the psychological, epistemological and philosophical questions he raises. I tend to enjoy poetry a great deal - even bland poets are enjoyable to me - so my sense of the poetic value of this translation is not necessarily a valid source for ... Read More
Rating: - awe-ful...
Considered the quintessence of Rilke's work, the Elegies invite the reader into conversations with chasms of despair and angels of light... and don't forget: "Every angel is terrible."
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