Rainer Maria Rilke is widely regarded as the greatest lyric poet of this century, and his major achievements--the New Poems , the Sonnets to Orpheus , and the Duino Elegies --had a major impact on European literature, becoming the subject of intense scrutiny and increasing acclaim since the poet's death. In A Ringing Glass , Donald Prater's aim is not to add another stone to the mounting edifice of critical interpretation but to provide a portrait of the man himself and to show the background in which Rilke's ...
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Rainer Maria Rilke is widely regarded as the greatest lyric poet of this century, and his major achievements--the New Poems , the Sonnets to Orpheus , and the Duino Elegies --had a major impact on European literature, becoming the subject of intense scrutiny and increasing acclaim since the poet's death. In A Ringing Glass , Donald Prater's aim is not to add another stone to the mounting edifice of critical interpretation but to provide a portrait of the man himself and to show the background in which Rilke's extraordinary vision developed. "Shrewd, authoritative...meticulous."-- The Christian Science Monitor "This well-documented, eloquently written, and beautifully presented biography should be of great interest to lay rader and specialist alike."-- Library Journal
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Very Good+ No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Claredon Press, 1994, First Softcover edition, 8vo., 472 pages. Frontis with additional illustrations. Book very good+ condition.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 486 p. Audience: General/trade. 472pp. Extremities book & Dj lightly rubbed. Illus.; endnotes; biblio.; index. Dj in Mylar.