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Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus

Written by: Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell - translator
Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell
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 The poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke addresses the issues of God, death, and "destructive time." Rilke tries to transform these problems into an inner world, what he calls "a whole inner world as if an angel, comprehending all space, were blind and looking into himself." Eminent author and translator Stephen Mitchell brings these ideas vividly to life in this new translation of Rilke's most transcendent works.Recording (P)1997 by Audio Literature; Copyright ©1995 by Stephen Mitchell Classics Poetry World Literature
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"Rilke has at last found, in Mitchell's version, the ideal English poetics and the perfect translator." (William Arrowsmith, co-author of The Craft and Context of Translation)

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Brilliant!

Good enough I wanted to listen daily before bed. Tone and cadence is serene yet passionate; the recording itself has a vaguely analog quality that enriched the experience.

Highly recommend listening to this with your lights out from the comfort of your bed (don’t forget to set a timer on the app) and immerse yourself in the thought provoking and beautiful prose.

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