Poems

Hardback

Main Details

Title Poems
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rainer Maria Rilke
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 165,Width 113
Category/GenrePoetry by individual poets
ISBN/Barcode 9781857157307
ClassificationsDewey:831.912
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Everyman
Imprint Everyman's Library
Publication Date 10 October 1996
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This selection includes poems from all stage s of Rilke''s career, beginning with the delicate works of hi s early years, through the extraordinary poems he wrote in F rench, and concluding with his mature masterpieces such as T he Sonnets to Orpheus '

Author Biography

Rainer Maria Rilke (1975-1926), one of Germany's greatest lyrical poets, was born in Prague. He studied literature and the history of art in Munich and Berlin, and lived for some time in Paris where he was a secretary to the sculptor Rodin. He died in Switzerland.