{"product_id":"sonnets-to-orpheus-9780520229228","title":"Sonnets to Orpheus","description":"Written with astonishing rapidity in two weeks of February 1922, when Rilke was finally completing the \u003ci\u003eDuino Elegies \u003c\/i\u003ethat had occupied him intermittently for a decade, \u003ci\u003eSonnets to Orpheus \u003c\/i\u003eis a series of fifty-five brilliant and affirmative songs. It is in a sense a spontaneous creative dividend generated by a larger work. Because the sonnets were written only four years before Rilke's death, they belong properly to his final and philosophic period, and offer a sharp and striking contrast to the less mystical \u003ci\u003eDas Buch der Bilder \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNeue Gedichte\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRainer Maria Rilke was one of Germany's most important poets. His influences include the paintings of the Worpswedders and the French Impressionists, the sculpture of Rodin (to whom he was both friend and secretary), and the poetry of Baudelaire, Verlaine, Mallarm , and other symbolists. His poetry is innovative, enigmatic, and entertainingly idiosyncratic. C.F. MacIntyre's translations are both true to the original and poetic in their own right, and in each book he includes an introduction and notes. German text faces the English translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rainer M. Rilke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.24h x 4.33w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520229228","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713658327177,"sku":"9780520229228","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_e5c628dd-dab7-4118-b670-721efef6505d.jpg?v=1719618996","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/sonnets-to-orpheus-9780520229228","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}