Synopsis
The verse in this collection ranges from the objective, naturalistic descriptions of Rilke's earliest work to the effusive outpourings of half-religious ecstasy and anguish that characterize his later poems and culminate in the personal vision of the "Duino Elegies" and "The Sonnets of Orpheus".
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About the Author
C.F. MacIntyre (d.1967) was well known as a translator. In addition to works by Rilke, he translated Goethe's "Faust "and many of the French symbolists: Nerval, Baudelaire, Verlaine, Corbiere, Mallarme, Rimbaud, Laforgue, and Valery. His volumes of original poems include "The Black Bull, Cafes and Cathedrals, "and "Poems.""
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