Duino Elegies: A New and Complete Translation by Rainer Maria Rilke

Duino Elegies: A New and Complete Translation

Rainer Maria Rilke with Alfred Corn (Translator)

96 pages first pub 1923 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies are one of the great literary masterpieces of the twentieth century. Begun in 1912 while the poet was a guest at Duino Castle on the Adriatic Sea and completed in a final bout of feverish inspiration in 1922, the...

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Moods

reflective 80%
challenging 57%
emotional 47%
inspiring 33%
dark 28%
sad 19%
relaxing 14%
adventurous 4%
hopeful 4%
lighthearted 4%
mysterious 4%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 37%
fast 12%

Average rating

4.28

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