{"product_id":"duino-elegies-deluxe-edition-the-original-english-translation-of-rilkes-landmark-poetry-cycle-by-vita-and-edward-sackville-west-reissued-for-the-9781782277804","title":"Duino Elegies, Deluxe Edition: The Original English Translation of Rilke's Landmark Poetry Cycle, by Vita and Edward Sackville-West - Reissued for the","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first-ever English translation of Rilke's landmark poetry cycle, by Vita and Edward Sackville-West ­- reissued for the first time in 90 years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1931, Virginia and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth Press published a small run of a beautiful edition of Rainer Maria Rilke's \u003ci\u003eDuino Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e, in English translation by the writers Vita and Edward Sackville-West. This marked the English debut of Rilke's masterpiece, which would eventually be rendered in English over 20 times, influencing countless poets, musicians and artists across the English-speaking world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished for the first time in 90 years, the Sackville-Wests' translation is both a fascinating historical document and a magnificent blank-verse rendering of Rilke's poetry cycle. Featuring a new introduction from critic Lesley Chamberlain, this reissue casts one of European literature's great masterpieces in fresh light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRainer Maria Rilke \u003c\/b\u003e(1875-1926), considered one of the greatest German-language writers, published his first collection of verse in 1894, while he was still at school, and continued to write poetry and prose throughout his life, becoming a master of both. Rilke died in Switzerland in 1926. \u003cb\u003eVita Sackville-West \u003c\/b\u003ewas an English novelist, poet and garden designer. Born to an artistocratic family, she became a prolific and successful author, publishing many novels and a dozen volumes of poetry. Sackville-West had a long, intense relationship with Virginia Woolf, and was the main inspiration for the titular character in Woolf's Orlando. \u003cb\u003eEdward Sackville-West \u003c\/b\u003ewas an English novelist and music critic who, in his later years, became a member of the British House of Lords.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51185391763730,"sku":"9781782277804","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f47cd6c0-b339-44fb-a0bd-47a66836761e.jpg?v=1746628371","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/duino-elegies-deluxe-edition-the-original-english-translation-of-rilkes-landmark-poetry-cycle-by-vita-and-edward-sackville-west-reissued-for-the-9781782277804","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}