Long hailed as a masterwork of modern German literature, The Book of Hours (1905) marks the origin of Rainer Maria Rilke's distinctive voice and vision-where clarity of diction meets unexpected imagery and first-person poetry discovers its full lyric possibility. In these audacious poems, a devout but candid speaker addresses an ultimately unknowable deity, passing through love, fear, guilt, anger, bewilderment, loneliness, tenderness and exaltation in his search for meaning.
In this dual-language edition, Edward Snow, "the most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke's contemporary translators" (Michael Dirda, The Washington Post), makes Rilke's achievement accessible as never before in English. Snow retains a striking fidelity to the German text while also conveying the captivating psychological presence that animates Rilke's best poems.
| ISBN: | 9781324123460 |
| Publication date: | 22nd May 2026 |
| Author: | Rainer Maria Rilke |
| Publisher: | W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry Poetry by individual poets |
Long hailed as a masterwork of modern German literature, The Book of Hours (1905) marks the origin of Rainer Maria Rilke's distinctive voice and vision-where clarity of diction meets unexpected imagery and first-person poetry discovers its full lyric possibility. Snow retains a striking fidelity to the German text while also conveying the captivating psychological presence that animates Rilke's best poems.
The Book of Hours features in the following genres: Poetry, Poetry by individual poets
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The Book of Hours was written by Rainer Maria Rilke and published by W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
The Book of Hours has 368 pages
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