In Praise of Mortality: Selections From Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies And Sonnets To Orpheus

Barrows, Anita (Author)/ Macy, Joanna (Author)

ISBN 10: 1594481725 / ISBN 13: 9781594481727

Published by Riverhead Trade, 2006

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reprint edition. 176 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Praise of Mortality: Selections From Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies And Sonnets To Orpheus
• Publisher: Riverhead Trade
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594481725
• ISBN 13: 9781594481727
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.15 kilograms

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Synopsis

A new translation of two key works by the renowned twentieth-century poet includes Sonnets to Orpheus, a reflection of the writer's deep reverence for nature, and Duino Elegies, a meditation on human impermanence and its link to all life and times. Reprint.

About the Author

Anita Barrows, a prize-winning poet and a clinical psychologist, is the author of four books of her own poetry and the recipient of an NEA grant as well as the Quarterly Review of Literature's Contemporary Poetry Award. She has been a professional translator for more than thirty years. JOANNA MACY, whose eight books include World as Lover, World as Self, is a scholar of systems theory and Buddhist thought who helps people find inner resources for dealing with global crises.