Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation.
Language: English
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1999
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First edition / First printing. Uncorrected proof. White printed wrappers. xvi, 233 pages. Very fine.
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- Title
- Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation.
- Author
- GASS, William H.
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, New York
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0375403124
- ISBN 13
- 9780375403125
- Edition
- 1st Edition, Special Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 3 pounds
- Seller catalogs
- Essays, Literature, Poetry
After nearly a lifetime of reading Rilke in English, William Gass undertook the task of translating Rilke's writing in order to see if he could, in that way, get closer to the work he so deeply admired. With Gass's own background in philosophy, it seemed natural to begin with the Duino Elegies, the poems in which Rilke's ideas are most fully expressed and which as a group are important not only as one of the supreme poetic achievements of the West but also because of the way in which they came to be written -- in a storm of inspiration.
Gass examines the genesis of the ideas that inform the Elegies and discusses previous translations. He writes, as well, about Rilke the man: his character, his relationships, his life.
Finally, his extraordinary translation of the Duino Elegies offers us the experience of reading Rilke with a new and fuller understanding.
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