Rilke's Venice

Zusatztext "Rilke teaches us how to travel - that is also what you can do with this book."  - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung "We can find out a lot about both the city and the poet with this lovingly produced and knowledgeably written little book."  - Die Zeit Informationen zum Autor Birgit Haustedt taught German Literature at the University of Salerno! Italy! and now works as a freelance writer in Hamburg! Germany. She is the author of several books on Italy and Germany.  Stephen Brown is a playwright! dramaturg and translator. He previously worked as a critic! journalist! book editor and publishing consultant. He was Publisher of the London-based political magazine  Prospect . Klappentext Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke was enthralled and provoked on his visits to Venice. The city as Rilke perceived it is trod through here, alongside eleven detailed maps of city walks. Zusammenfassung Birgit Haustedt guides readers through the city of Venice in poet's footsteps, showing us the sights through Rilke’s eyes. A literary travel companion featuring guidebook-style information and supported by eleven detailed maps of city walks.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Brown, Birgit Haustedt, Haustedt Birgit
• Assisted by: Stephen Brown (Translation), Brown Stephen (Translation)
• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781909961630
• ISBN: 978-1-909961-63-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 200 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Armchair Traveller
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; TRAVEL / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Venice, Italy, Classic Travel Writing, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909