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1. Biography - Rilke, Rainer Maria (1875-1926): An article from: Contemporary Authors by Gale Reference Team | |
Digital: 30
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(2002-01-01)
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2. Wartime letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1914-1921 / translated by M.D. Herter Norton - [Uniform Title: Correspondence. English. Selections] by Rainer Maria (1875-1926) Rilke | |
Hardcover:
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(1940)
Asin: B000XKKMM8 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
3. Letters on Cezanne / Rainer Maria Rilke ; edited by Clara Rilke ; translated by Joel Agee by Rainer Maria (1875-1926) Rilke | |
Hardcover:
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(1986)
Asin: B001014JBE Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
4. Collection Les Lettres. Rainer Maria Rilke (1875/1926) by Rainer Maria Rilke | |
Paperback:
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(1952)
Asin: B0011EH890 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
5. Das buch der bilder by Rainer Maria (1875-1926) Rilke | |
Hardcover:
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(1923)
Asin: B000H3Q6EY Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
6. Rodin by Rainer Maria, 1875-1926. Rilke | |
Mass Market Paperback:
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(1956)
Asin: B000ZQCLP6 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
7. Rainer Maria Rilke Poems 1912-1926 by Rainer Maria Rilke | |
Hardcover: 115
Pages
(1982-09)
list price: US$17.50 Isbn: 0933806175 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
8. Letters: Summer 1926 (New York Review Books Classics) by Marina Tsvetayeva, Rainer Maria Rilke, Boris Leonidovich Pasternak, Susan Sontag | |
Paperback: 408
Pages
(2001-09-01)
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these letters should have been kept private
A revelation, a model, for the possibility of human communication
In the Company of Angels During the summer of 1926, three extraordinary poets (two Russian and one German) began a correxpondence of the highest order.These three extraordinary people were Boris Pasternak, Marina Tsvetayeva and Ranier Maria Rilke.Rilke, who is revered as a god by both Pasternak and Tsvetayeva, is seen by them as the very essence of poetry, itself. None of these three correspondents is having a good year:Pasternak is still living in Moscow, attempting to reconcile his life to the Bolshevik regime; Tsvetayeva has been exiled to France with her husband and children and is living in the direst financial straits, with each day presenting a new hurdle in the struggle to simply "get by;" Rilke's situation is perhaps the worst of all...he is dying of leukemia in Switzerland. Pasternak and Tsvetayeva have already exchanged years of letters filled with the passion and romance of poetry, itself.Although Pasternak saw Rilke briefly in 1900, Tsvetayeva has never laid eyes on her idol.These three poets are, however, connected by a bond far stronger than the physical.They are kindred spirits, and each find repetitions and echoes of himself in the other. Tsvetayeva quickly becomes the driving force of this trio.This is not surprising given her character.She's the most outrageous of the three, the boldest, the neediest, the one most likely to bare her inner soul to its very depths.Tsvetayeva's exuberance, however, eventually has disatrous effects. Although Pasternak and Tsvetayeva consider Rilke their superior by far, these are not the letters of acolyte to mentor, but an exchange of thoughts and ideas among equals.If you've ever read the sappy, sentimental "Letters to a Young Poet," you'll find a very different Rilke in this book.Gone is the grandiose, condescending Rilke.In his place we find an enthusiastic Rilke, one filled with an almost overwhelming "joie de vivre," despite his sad circumstances. As Susan Sontag says in her preface, these letters are definitely love letters of the highest order.The poets seek to possess and consume one another as only lovers can.But even these lovers haven't suspected that one of their trio is fatally ill.Pasternak and Tsvetayeva are both shocked and devastated when Rilke dies. Love, many people will argue, is best expressed when the people involved are able to spend time together.There is, however, something to be said for separateness, for there is much that can only come to the surface when the lover is separated from the beloved. These letters can teach us much about Rilke, Pasternak and Tsvetayeva.They can also teach us much about the very depths of the soul...both its anguish and those sublime, angelic heights...areas not often explored by anyone, anywhere, at any time. ... Read more |
9. Poems, 1906 to 1926. by Rainer Maria, Rilke | |
Hardcover:
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(1968-01)
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10. Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke | |
Paperback: 240
Pages
(1981-05-22)
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The greatness of Rilke
Rilke was WORD
The Translator as a Lense and Filter =b
Translation is only an Exquisite Failure For a native English speaker to learn enough German to understand Rilke (with the use of a good German-English Dictionary) would be well worth the effort. Once you have read Rilke in German, of course nothing in any language can duplicate it - but why do we need duplication? I would not need to buy translations if they were simply duplicates of the same books I already had in German. On the other hand, I can understand if one does not want to learn German simply to understand Rilke, however can one not still enjoy these translations all the more without the burden of comparing them to the originals? In the end, though, reading Rilke is an expansive, luminous experience which is no doubt different for everyone. Reading Bly's translations, compared in my head to my own, is like having a discussion about Rilke with a good friend, who is nonetheless very different from you. Bly's differences on how to translate Rilke seem to stem not from ignorance or incompotence, but from a significantly different outlook on life and literature than my own. These differences are what make for interesting people and great poets. Although Bly may not be as great as Rilke in the end, I enjoy seeing his thoughts on what Rilke means in the English Language. Above all else, though, I think that the standard complaint against translators is juvenile and intollerant of the diversity in our world. Can we really say that there is only one way to see the world? Can we really say that there is only one right way to explain a poem in the English language? Is it not the case that translation is at best an exquisite failure? Isn't it a shame that some people cannot enjoy the beauty that is right before them simply because all they can think of is all the beauty that isn't? I sit in the Japanese Garden in Seattle, and for a moment, do not wish I was in Kyoto. You should read this book the same way.
Interpretations, not translations! |
11. Letters on Life: New Prose Translations (Modern Library Classics) by Rainer Maria Rilke | |
Paperback: 272
Pages
(2006-04-11)
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A tremendous feat of sympathetic translation |
12. The Poet's Guide to Life: The Wisdom of Rilke (Modern Library) by Rainer Maria Rilke | |
Hardcover: 272
Pages
(2005-03-22)
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"It is possible to love to such an extent that the shortcomings of one's beloved begin to appear touching , even wonderful, ... |
13. Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke (Modern Library) by Rainer Maria Rilke | |
Hardcover: 640
Pages
(1995-08-01)
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5 stars for the original poetry, 1 star for the translations
Lush,Alive and Vivid Addition to Your Rilke Collection
poetry from the soul
eloquent and thought provoking
Suspicious Translation I first became suspicious of Stephen Mitchell when I noticed some rather careless mistakes in this book (for instance, translating the German word for Moon into sun). But I was no longer suprised by these flaws when I noticed some other works that Mitchell has translated: I suppose it is theoretically possible for there to exist an individual that is so immensely talented with languages that he is capable of translating adequately texts from Sanskrit, Hebrew, Ancient Greek, Classical Chinese, and German.... But I don't think Mitchell is that individual. That being said, the poetics of the translation are very nice and the poems to feel pretty close to Rilke.However, to do this (whom I consider the most profound poet to ever take up a pen) author justice, I am just going to have to learn German for myself ... Read more |
14. Rainer Maria Rilke and Lou Andreas-Salome: The Correspondence by Rainer Maria Rilke, Lou Andreas-Salome | |
Hardcover: 424
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(2006-06-26)
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Strange and intimate |
15. Letters on Cézanne by Rainer Maria Rilke | |
Paperback: 112
Pages
(2002-09-15)
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How to create in seeingas poet and artist
Letters about the spirituality of art The German edition of the Letters on Cezanne contains an excellent afterword which quotes the philosopher Martin Heidegger who wrote, "we come too late for the Gods, and too early for being," meaning we do not live in the safety of believing in the Gods any more, and we do not trust in simply being yet. Rilke was acutely aware of this state of suspension, and the collection of his letters on Cezanne gives us an idea of how Rilke as an artist intended to make sense of this life in suspension.
Painting thru the eyes of a poet |
16. Life of a Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke by Ralph Freedman | |
Paperback: 640
Pages
(1998-05-27)
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a postcard of a church
messy
Life of a Poet:An Engaging Biography
Extraordinary tale of an extraordinary man |
17. Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations by Rainer Maria Rilke, John J. L. Mood | |
Paperback: 128
Pages
(2004-08)
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Editorial Review Book Description 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 Rilke's profound understanding of men and women and his ardent spirituality, rooted in the senses. Combining passion and sensitivity, the poems on love presented here are often not only sensual but sexual as well. Others pursue perennial themes in his work—death and life, growth and transformation. The book concludes with Rilke's reflections on wisdom and openness to experience, on grasping what is most difficult and turning what is most alien into that which we can most trust. Customer Reviews (6)
Great Rilke,Less Mood
"The point is to live everything"
A journey through the roots of the speech!
Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Considerations, etc.
Self Discovery For The Strong Willed |
18. Pictures of God: Rilke's Religious Poetry, Including 'The Life of the Virgin Mary' by Rainer Maria Rilke | |
Paperback: 192
Pages
(2005-06)
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translations of his religious poetry |
19. Rainer Maria Rilke: Selected Poems by R. Rilke | |
Paperback: 240
Pages
(1986-01-22)
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20. Rainer Maria Rilke. Der junge Dichter 1875-1906 / Der Meister 1906-1926. by Ralph Freedman | |
Hardcover: 625
Pages
(2002-01-01)
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