Sonnets to Orpheus

To Rilke himself the Sonnets to Orpheus were "perhaps the most mysterious in the way they came up and entrusted themselves to me, the most enigmatic dictation I have ever held through and achieved; the whole first part was written down in a single breathless act of obedience, between the 2nd and 5th of February, without one word being doubtful or having to be changed." With facing-page German.

About the author

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), the author of Sonnets to Orpheus, Duino Elegies, and Letters to a Young Poet, was one of the greatest poets of the German language.M.D.H. Norton (1894–1985) was cofounder of W. W. Norton & Company, now the oldest and largest publisher owned wholly by its employees.

Product details

• Authors: Rainer Maria Rilke
• Assisted by: Norton M. D. Herter (Translation)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2010
• EAN: 9780393328851
• ISBN: 978-0-393-32885-1
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 203 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 193 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Stationery and miscellaneous items, Miscellaneous items