Rilke in Paris

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Rilke in Paris
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rainer Maria Rilke
By (author) Maurice Betz
Translated by Will Stone
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:144
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreLiterary essays
ISBN/Barcode 9781782274742
ClassificationsDewey:838.912
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Pushkin Press
Imprint Pushkin Press
Publication Date 3 January 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In 1902, the young German writer Rainer Maria Rilke traveled to Paris to write a monograph on the sculptor Auguste Rodin. He returned many times over the course of his life, by turns inspired and appalled by the city's high culture and low society, and his writings give a fascinating insight into Parisian art and culture in the last century. Paris was a lifelong source of inspiration for Rilke. Perhaps most significantly, the letters he wrote about it formed the basis of his prose masterpiece, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. Much of this work, despite its perennial popularity in French, German and Italian, has never before been translated into English. This volume brings together a translation of Rilke's essay on poetry, 'Notes on the Melody of Things' and the first English translation of Rilke's experiences in Paris as observed by his French translator.

Author Biography

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is one of the great German writers. A master of both poetry and prose, he is probably best known for Duino Elegies, Letters to Orpheus, and The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.