The first-ever English translation of Rilke's landmark poetry cycle, by Vita and Edward Sackville-West -- reissued for the first time in 90 years
In 1931, Virginia and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth Press published a small run of a beautiful edition of Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies, in English translation by the writers Vita and Edward Sackville-West. This marked the English debut of Rilke's masterpiece, which would eventually be rendered in English over 20 times, influencing countless poets, musicians and artists across the English-speaking world.
Published for the first time in 90 years, the Sackville-Wests' translation is both a fascinating historical document and a magnificent blank-verse rendering of Rilke's poetry cycle. Featuring a new introduction from critic Lesley Chamberlain, this reissue casts one of European literature's great masterpieces in fresh light.
ISBN: | 9781782277804 |
Publication date: | 24th October 2024 |
Author: | Rainer Maria Rilke |
Publisher: | Pushkin Press an imprint of Steerforth Press |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 112 pages |
Series: | Pushkin Press Classics |
Genres: |
Poetry Anthologies: general Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss |