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Selected Poems and Prose

by Gottfried Benn ...

Translated by David Paisey ...

These selections from the esteemed career of Gottfried Benn—one of the most significant German poets of the 20th century—showcase his early, shockingly graphic depictions of human suffering and degradation, as well as the isolation and fragmentation of the human being adrift in a nihilistic world found in his later work. Translator David Paisey presents two selections, of verse and prose ... Read more

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These selections from the esteemed career of Gottfried Benn—one of the most significant German poets of the 20th century—showcase his early, shockingly graphic depictions of human suffering and degradation, as well as the isolation and fragmentation of the human being adrift in a nihilistic world found in his later work. Translator David Paisey presents two selections, of verse and prose
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The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

by Rainer Maria Rilke ...

Translated by Stephen Mitchell ...

"This miracle of a book, perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has ever produced," (Chicago Tribune) should stand as the definitive English language version. ... Read more

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"This miracle of a book, perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has ever produced," (Chicago Tribune) should stand as the definitive English language version.
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Rilke's Book of Hours

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**A FINALIST FOR THE PEN/WEST TRANSLATION AWARDThe 100th Anniversary Edition of a global classic, containing beautiful translations along with the original German text.**While visiting Russia in his twenties, Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the twentieth century's greatest poets, was moved by a spirituality he encountered there. Inspired, Rilke returned to Germany and put down on paper what he felt ... Read more

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**A FINALIST FOR THE PEN/WEST TRANSLATION AWARDThe 100th Anniversary Edition of a global classic, containing beautiful translations along with the original German text.**While visiting Russia in his twenties, Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the twentieth century's greatest poets, was moved by a spirituality he encountered there. Inspired, Rilke returned to Germany and put down on paper what he felt
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The Duino Elegies & The Sonnets to Orpheus

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by Rainer Maria Rilke ...

Translated by Stephen Mitchell ...

Series series Vintage International
Available for the first time in a single volume, Ranier Maria Rilke’s two most beloved sequences of poems rendered by his most faithful translator. Rilke is unquestionably the twentieth century’s most significant and compelling poet of romantic transformation and spiritual quest. His poems of ecstatic identification with the world exert perennial fascination. In Stephen Mitchell’s versions of ... Read more

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Available for the first time in a single volume, Ranier Maria Rilke’s two most beloved sequences of poems rendered by his most faithful translator. Rilke is unquestionably the twentieth century’s most significant and compelling poet of romantic transformation and spiritual quest. His poems of ecstatic identification with the world exert perennial fascination. In Stephen Mitchell’s versions of
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Selected Poems and Fragments

by Friedrich Hölderlin ...

Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) is now recognized as one of Europe’s supreme poets. He first found his true voice in the epigrams and odes he wrote when transfigured by his love for the wife of a rich banker. He later embarked on an extraordinarily ambitious sequence of hymns exploring cosmology and history, from mythological times to the discovery of America and his own era. The ’Canticles of ... Read more

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Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) is now recognized as one of Europe’s supreme poets. He first found his true voice in the epigrams and odes he wrote when transfigured by his love for the wife of a rich banker. He later embarked on an extraordinarily ambitious sequence of hymns exploring cosmology and history, from mythological times to the discovery of America and his own era. The ’Canticles of
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Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties

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by John J. L. Mood, Rainer Maria Rilke ...

An anthology of Rilke's strongest poetry and prose for both aficionados and new readers.Here is a mini-anthology of poetry and prose for both aficionados and those readers discovering Rainer Maria Rilke for the first time. John J. L. Mood has assembled a collection of Rilke's strongest work, presenting commentary along with the selections. Mood links into an essay passages from letters that show ... Read more

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An anthology of Rilke's strongest poetry and prose for both aficionados and new readers.Here is a mini-anthology of poetry and prose for both aficionados and those readers discovering Rainer Maria Rilke for the first time. John J. L. Mood has assembled a collection of Rilke's strongest work, presenting commentary along with the selections. Mood links into an essay passages from letters that show
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To The Silenced

by Georg Trakl ...

Translated by Will Stone ...

Series series Arc Translations
Although the Austrian poet Georg Trakl was born over a century ago, the mesmerising imagery and haunting visions of his highly sensitive and morbidly introspective poetry are as powerful today as they were when he poured forth his extraordinary and unclassifiable volume of work. A source of inspiration for artists, musicians and writers throughout the Expressionist period and beyond, Trakl's ... Read more

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Although the Austrian poet Georg Trakl was born over a century ago, the mesmerising imagery and haunting visions of his highly sensitive and morbidly introspective poetry are as powerful today as they were when he poured forth his extraordinary and unclassifiable volume of work. A source of inspiration for artists, musicians and writers throughout the Expressionist period and beyond, Trakl's
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Duino Elegies

by Rainer Maria Rilke ...

This bilingual edition offers twenty-first century readers a new opportunity to experience the power of Rilke's enduring masterpiece. Selected by PHILLIP PULLMAN as one of his 40 favourite books: 'For me, the greatest poetry of the 20th century.' MAGMA: 'deserves to become the standard English edition worldwide' POETRY LONDON: 'substantial, powerful and necessary work' TRANSLATION AND LITERATURE: ... Read more

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This bilingual edition offers twenty-first century readers a new opportunity to experience the power of Rilke's enduring masterpiece. Selected by PHILLIP PULLMAN as one of his 40 favourite books: 'For me, the greatest poetry of the 20th century.' MAGMA: 'deserves to become the standard English edition worldwide' POETRY LONDON: 'substantial, powerful and necessary work' TRANSLATION AND LITERATURE:
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Poems from the Book of Hours

by Rainer Maria Rilke ...

Translated by Babette Deutsch ...

One of the most powerful poetry collections of the twentieth century, now in a beautiful new editionAlthough The Book of Hours is the work of Rilke’s youth, it contains the germ of his mature convictions. Written as spontaneously received prayers, these poems celebrate a God who is not the Creator of the Universe but rather humanity itself and, above all, that most intensely conscious part of ... Read more

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One of the most powerful poetry collections of the twentieth century, now in a beautiful new editionAlthough The Book of Hours is the work of Rilke’s youth, it contains the germ of his mature convictions. Written as spontaneously received prayers, these poems celebrate a God who is not the Creator of the Universe but rather humanity itself and, above all, that most intensely conscious part of
... Read more
Selected Poetry

by Goethe ...

'Shall I embrace you, must I let you go? Again you haunt me: come then, hold me fast!'Goethe viewed the writing of poetry as essentially autobiographical and the works selected in this volume represent over sixty years in the life of the poet. In early poems such as 'Prometheus' he rails against religion in an almost ecstatic fervour, while 'To the Moon' is an enigmatic meditation on the end of a ... Read more

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'Shall I embrace you, must I let you go? Again you haunt me: come then, hold me fast!'Goethe viewed the writing of poetry as essentially autobiographical and the works selected in this volume represent over sixty years in the life of the poet. In early poems such as 'Prometheus' he rails against religion in an almost ecstatic fervour, while 'To the Moon' is an enigmatic meditation on the end of a
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Sonnets to Orpheus

by Rainer Maria Rilke ...

Translated by Martyn Crucefix ...

Translated by Martyn CrucefixIn 55 sonnets Rainer Maria Rilke plays an astonishingset of philosophical and sensual variations on theOrpheus myth. 'Praising, that's it!' he declares; nature,art, love, time, childhood, technology, poverty, justice -all are encompassed in poems that spark with insightand invention, among the most joyful and light-footedthat Rilke ever wrote.'All poetry resists ... Read more

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Translated by Martyn CrucefixIn 55 sonnets Rainer Maria Rilke plays an astonishingset of philosophical and sensual variations on theOrpheus myth. 'Praising, that's it!' he declares; nature,art, love, time, childhood, technology, poverty, justice -all are encompassed in poems that spark with insightand invention, among the most joyful and light-footedthat Rilke ever wrote.'All poetry resists
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While I Am Drawing Breath

by Rose Auslander ...

Translated by Anthony Vivis, Jean Boase-Beier ...

This book is also available as a eBook. Buy it from Amazon here.The experience of living in the Chernivtsi ghetto under the Nazis remains a dark undertow in all Rose Ausländer's poetry. The hardships of a life in hiding, the constant fear of Nazi terror and concentration camps are all harrowingly present, while other poems speak to the mother for whose sake she endured.After the war Ausländer's ... Read more

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This book is also available as a eBook. Buy it from Amazon here.The experience of living in the Chernivtsi ghetto under the Nazis remains a dark undertow in all Rose Ausländer's poetry. The hardships of a life in hiding, the constant fear of Nazi terror and concentration camps are all harrowingly present, while other poems speak to the mother for whose sake she endured.After the war Ausländer's
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