Collected Poems (Paperback)

Georg Trakl

ISBN 10: 0857427067 / ISBN 13: 9780857427069

Published by Seagull Books London Ltd, Greenford, 2019

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Paperback. Georg Trakls poetry has been praised by many, including Rainer Maria Rilke and Ludwig Wittgenstein, who wrote that while he did not truly understand Trakls poems, they did have the tone of a truly ingenious person.Collected Poems gathers Trakls early, middle and late work, ranging widely from his haunting prose pieces to his darkly beautiful poems documenting the first bloody weeks of the First World War on the Eastern Front. In a refreshing contrast to previous translations of Trakl, James Reidel is mindful of how the poet himself wished to be read, emphasising the order and content of the verses to achieve a musical effect. This volume is further enriched by Reidels research into the historicity of the poets language and his extensive annotation, making this the most comprehensive collection of Trakls poetry in English. Collected Poems gathers Trakls early, middle, and late work, ranging widely, from his haunting prose pieces to his darkly beautiful poems documenting the first bloody weeks of World War I on the Eastern Front. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collected Poems (Paperback)
• Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd, Greenford
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857427067
• ISBN 13: 9780857427069
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The work of poet Georg Trakl, a leading Austrian-German expressionist, has been praised by many, including his contemporaries Rainer Maria Rilke and Else Lasker-Schüler, as well as his patron Ludwig Wittgenstein, who famously wrote that while he did not truly understand Trakl’s poems, they had the tone of a “truly ingenious person,” which pleased him. This difficulty in understanding Trakl’s poems is not unique. Since the first publication of his work in 1913, there has been endless discussion about how the verses should be understood, leading to controversies over the most accurate way to translate them.
In a refreshing contrast to previous translated collections of Trakl’s work, James Reidel is mindful of how the poet himself wished to be read, emphasizing the order and content of the verses to achieve a musical effect. Trakl’s verses were also marked by allegiance to both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a fact which Reidel honors with impressive research into the historicity of the poet’s language.
Collected Poems gathers Trakl’s early, middle, and late work, ranging widely, from his haunting prose pieces to his darkly beautiful poems documenting the first bloody weeks of World War I on the Eastern Front. 

About the Authors

Georg Trakl (1887–1914) was an Austrian-German expressionist poet.

James Reidel is a poet, translator, and biographer. In addition to collections of his own poems, he has published translations of works by Georg Trakl, Franz Werfel, Robert Walser, Thomas Bernhard, and others. A fellow of the James Merrill House, he wrote Manon’s World after nearly a decade of research.