{"product_id":"new-poems-9781481323543","title":"New Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eA century and a half after his birth, Rainer Maria Rilke remains woven into English-speaking culture in ways unexpected for a serious modern poet, and especially one writing in German. Many readers will know individual titles from the two volumes of, presented here in full. But the vast majority of these poems are little known in the English-speaking world. In John Greening's fresh, lively translation, the tidal pull of Rilke's internal music and astonishing imagery is strengthened by the poems' elaborate rhyme and meter. As Greening suggests in his detailed introduction, these disparate pieces coalesce to reveal something we didn't know we were waiting to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRainer Maria Rilke\u003c\/b\u003e was a poet and novelist. He was born in 1875 in Prague to parents from the German-speaking community. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Greening\u003c\/b\u003e is an English poet, critic, and teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Baylor University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52039799931154,"sku":"9781481323543","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c5d320b6-4759-49e8-8545-0864ed028d72.jpg?v=1771414657","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/new-poems-9781481323543","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}