{"product_id":"rilke-new-poems-paperback","title":"Rilke: New Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRainer Maria Rilke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoseph Cadora\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRobert Hass\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Essential for all poetry collections. . . . Translator Joseph Cadora renders a beautiful new edition complete with commentary on each poem, based on Rilke's letters, numerous biographies, and related works as well as an introduction outlining his approach to the translation.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[The] renderings of the canonical poems, such as \"The Panther,\" \"Orpheus, Eurydice, Hermes,\" and \"Archaic Torso of Apollo\" (to name a few), are worthwhile additions to the enormous body of Rilke's work already translated by others.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRanier Maria Rilke\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world's best-selling poets, and \u003ci\u003eRilke: New Poems\u003c\/i\u003e contains many of his most iconic pieces. Translator Joseph Cadora has created the definitive English-language version through meticulous faithfulness to Rilke's German and insightful commentary on each of the 400-plus poems. Bilingual, with an introduction by Robert Hass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Panther\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom endless passing of the bars his gaze\u003cbr\u003ehas wearied--there is no more it can hold.\u003cbr\u003eThere seem to be a thousand bars always, \u003cbr\u003eand past those thousand bars there is no world.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe soft pad of his brawny, rippling pace\u003cbr\u003eturns itself in a tightening circle till, \u003cbr\u003elike a mighty dance around a tiny space, \u003cbr\u003eit centers a numb but still enormous will.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut at times the shades of his pupils rise, \u003cbr\u003egrasping an image he cannot resist;\u003cbr\u003ethrough his tense, unmoving limbs it flies, \u003cbr\u003eand within his heart it ceases to exist.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRainer Maria Rilke\u003c\/b\u003e (1875-1926) is one of the world's most beloved poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Cadora\u003c\/b\u003e is a guitarist, writer, and translator. He lives in Berkeley, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRainer Maria Rilke: Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is one of the world's most beloved poets. Working at the cusp of the century, Rilke bridged the gap between traditional and modernist poetics. Born in Prague, Rilke traveled widely across Europe and Egypt, living for a substantial amount of time in Paris. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoseph Cadora: Joseph Cadora is a guitarist, writer, and translator whose fiction and non-fiction have been published in Southern Humanities Review, The Montserrat Review, and the San Francisco Chronicle. His collection of short stories, The Millennial Fictions, won the 2009 Eisner Prize for Prose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoet and translator Robert Hass served as the United States Poet Laureate from 1995 to 1997. He has been honored with a MacArthur \"Genius\" Fellowship, the National Book Award, a Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics' Circle Award. Mr. Hass is a professor of English at University of California, Berkeley.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327570579693,"sku":"9781556594250","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/OMF3eFESHf9781556594250.webp?v=1784880575","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/rilke-new-poems-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}