THE ROSE WINDOW and Other Verse from New Poems. Selected and illustrated by Ferris Cook [with,] A Copy of the Original Contract between Little Brown and the Illustrator, [and with,] the Original Publisher's Bound Announcement for the Forthcoming Book.

Rilke Rainer Maria

Published by Boston Little, Brown and Company 1997

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Publisher's Working Proof Facsimile, Preceding the First Edition. Illustrated with 60 drawings by Ferris Cook. 4to sheets, 8vo announcement, original facsimile sheets, preceding the proof copy 150, [2 blank and acknowledgements] pp. Very well preserved, original facsimile sheets preceding the proof copies and with publisher and editor notes on many pages. PUBLISHER'S WORKING PROOF FACSIMILE, PRECEDING THE FINAL PROOF AND THE FIRST EDITION. Rilke was one of the greatest poets of the age. His poetry, his words written down, almost as honey. He wrote of his own Sonnets to Orpheus, that the words came to him and formed sonnets which were: "perhaps the most mysterious.in the way they came up and entrusted themselves to me, the most enigmatic dictation I have ever held through and achieved; the whole first part was written down in a single breathless act of obedience, between the 2nd and 5th of February, without one word being doubtful or having to be changed. And this at a time when I had prepared myself for another big work and was already busy with that too. How should one not increase in reverence and infinite gratitude over such experiences in one s own existence?" A Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist. He is "widely recognized as one of the most lyrically intense German-language poets". He wrote both verse and highly lyrical prose. Several critics have described Rilke's work as "mystical".v His writings include a novel, collections of poetry and volumes of correspondence in which he invokes images that focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude and anxiety. These themes position him as a transitional figure between traditional and modernist writers. Wiki. Seller Inventory # 70202

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Title: THE ROSE WINDOW and Other Verse from New ...

Publisher: Boston Little, Brown and Company 1997

Binding: Soft cover