DUINO ELEGIES : Bilingual Edition : (No 81, Univ of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages & Literatures)
by Rainer Maria Rilke; (Translated from the German By C.F. MacIntyre)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0520010736
- ISBN 13
- 9780520010734
- Seller
-
Berkeley, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Berkeley, CA: Univ of California Press, 1961. First Edition, 3rd Printing of 1965 . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright; bilingual text w/German text printed face to face with the English. Softcover/VG; sound but tired w/edge & surface rubs & sticker removal scar to front upper corner tip. Lyrically intense German-language poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926) was a guest at the Castle Duino, near Trieste, between October 1911 and May 1912. This 10-poem cycle of Duino Elegies were begun there but not finished until a decade later. Intensely mystical and religious, the work has been described as an "impassioned monologue" of one coming to terms with human existence --- of man's essential loneliness, the perfection of the angels, life and death, love and lovers. The last 4 lines read: "Then we, who think of rising happiness/ would feel the emotion/ that almost confounds us/ when a happy Thing falls". Strong copy despite flaws.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015474
- Title
- DUINO ELEGIES : Bilingual Edition : (No 81, Univ of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages & Literatures)
- Author
- Rainer Maria Rilke; (Translated from the German By C.F. MacIntyre)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 3rd Printing of 1965
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0520010736
- ISBN 13
- 9780520010734
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Literature/Poetry/Verse/German
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; Poetry/Verse;
Terms of Sale
100 POCKETS
If a book is damaged or lost in shipment, refund of book cost and postage is guaranteed. If a book is physically not as described in our posting, book cost and round-trip postage are refunded on the book�s return.
About the Seller
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...