Duino Elegies: Bilingual
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Duino Elegies: Bilingual
by Authors:
Rainer Maria Rilke , Edward Snow
Released: February, 2000
ISBN: 0865475466
Hardcover
Sales Rank: 171,009
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Customer Review #1:
Good poet - bad translator
Yes, Rilke is a genius, whose poetry is abstract and disturbing yet also direct, concise and perfectly written.Unfortunately, Snows translation does not manage to capture Rilkes power in full flow, as other translators have managed to do so. The Picador edition is especially superior (although still flawed). By all means buy the Elegies, which are among the best pieces of literature of this century, and possibly the best collection of lyric poetry of all time - but if you buy this edition, you might not realise that.
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Customer Review #2:
Acclaimed translator gives us the "Duino Elegies"
Edward Snow is one of the most respected translators of Rilke. Hes been working his way through Rilkes poetry and now offers a superb version of the "Duino Elegies," long considered the high point of Rilkes career. There are many existing translations of Rilkes masterpiece, of varying quality. Snows version reads quite well and compares favorably to acclaimed versions by Mitchell and others.
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