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Title:
New poems
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[Rainer Maria Rilke] ; translated from the German by Joseph Thomas Cadora, and with a foreword by Robert Hass.
Publication Information:
Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, [2014]
Physical Description:
xxxix, 460 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781556594243
General Note:
Includes index.
Abstract:
"The definitive bilingual version of Rilke's New Poems--faithful to the original German, with insightful commentary on every poem. Rainer Maria Rilke is one of the world's best-selling poets, and New Poems contains many of his most iconic pieces. Throughout, Rilke he is obsessed with shapes and different layers of physical containment--from an image held in a panther's eye to a cathedral window. Translator Joseph Cadora has created the definitive English-language version through meticulous faithfulness to Rilke's German and insightful commentary on each of the four hundred-plus poems. As Cadora said in an interview, 'I tried to stay true to the vision of Rilke that would invite the reader into his world, not mine.'" -- Publisher's description.
Variant Title:
Portion of title: Neue Gedichte.
Contents:
Foreword / Robert Hass -- Introduction to Rilke's New Poems : VOLUME ONE -- Early Apollo -- A Girl's Lament -- Love Song -- Eranna to Sappho -- Sappho to Eranna -- Sappho to Alcaeus -- Gravestone of a Young Girl -- Sacrifice -- Eastern Day Song -- Abishag -- David Sings before Saul -- Joshua's Council -- The Departure of the Prodigal Son -- The Olive Orchard -- Pieta -- Song of the Women to the Poet -- The Death of the Poet -- Buddha -- L'Ange du Meridien -- The Cathedral -- The Portal -- The Rose Window -- The Capital -- God in the Middle Ages -- Morgue -- The Prisoner -- The Panther -- The Gazelle -- The Unicorn -- Saint Sebastian -- The Donor -- The Angel -- Roman Sarcophagi -- The Swan -- Childhood -- The Poet -- The Lace -- A Woman's Fate -- The Convalescent -- The Grown-up -- Tanagra -- One Going Blind -- In a Strange Park -- Farewell -- Death Experience -- Blue Hydrangea -- Before the Summer Rain -- In the Salon -- Last Evening -- Portrait of My Father as a Youth -- Self-Portrait from the Year 1906 -- The King -- Resurrection -- The Flag Bearer -- The Last Count von Brederode Eludes Turkish Captivity -- The Courtesan -- The Stairs of the Orangery -- The Marble Wagon -- Buddha -- Roman Fountain -- The Carousel -- Spanish Dancer -- The Tower -- The Plaza -- Quai du Rosaire -- Beguinage -- The Procession of the Virgin Mary -- The Island -- Tombs of the Hetaerae -- Orpheus, Eurydice, Hermes -- Alcestis -- Birth of Venus -- The Bowl of Rosesn

VOLUME TWO : Archaic Torso of Apollo -- Cretan Artemis -- Leda -- Dolphins -- The Isle of the Sirens -- Lament for Antinous -- The Death of the Beloved -- Lament for Jonathan -- The Consolation of Elijah -- Saul among the Prophets -- Samuel's Visitation of Saul -- A Prophet -- Jeremiah -- A Sibyl -- Absalom's Downfall -- Esther -- The Leper King -- Legend of the Three Living and the Three Dead -- TheZ King of Munster -- Danse Macabre -- The Last Judgment -- The Temptation -- The Alchemist -- The Reliquary -- Gold -- The Stylite -- The Egyptian Mary -- Crucifixion -- The Resurrected -- Magnificat -- Adam -- Eve -- The Insane in the Garden -- The Insane -- Prayer for the Lunatic and the Convict -- From the Life of a Saint -- The Beggars -- Foreign Family -- Washing the Corpse -- One of the Old Ones -- The Blind Man -- The Wilted One -- The Last Supper -- The Scene of the Fire -- The Group -- Snake Charming -- Black Cat -- Easter Eve -- The Balcony -- Emigrant Ship -- Landscape -- Roman Campagna -- Song out of the Sea -- Night Journey -- Parrot Park -- The Parks -- Portrait -- Venetian Morning -- Late Autumn in Venice -- San Marco -- A Doge -- The Lute -- The Adventurer -- Falconry -- Corrida -- Don Juan's Childhood -- Don Juan's Selection -- Saint George -- Lady on a Balcony -- Encounter in the Avenue of Chestnuts -- The Sisters -- Piano Practice -- The Woman in Love -- Interior of a Rose -- Portrait of a Lady from the Eighties -- Lady before a Mirror -- The Old Lady -- The Bed -- The Stranger -- The Approach -- The Sundial -- Opium Poppy -- The Flamingos -- Persian Heliotrope -- Lullaby -- The Pavilion -- The Abduction -- Pink Hydrangea -- The Coat of Arms -- The Bachelor -- The Lone One -- The Reader -- The Apple Orchard -- The Calling of Muhammad -- The Mountain -- The Ball -- The -- Child -- The Dog -- The Scarab -- Buddha in Glory -- About the Translator -- Index of Titles in English -- Index of Titles in German.
Language:
Poems in German and English on facing pages.

Translation of: Neue Gedichte; and, Der neuen Gedichte anderer Teil.
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