{"product_id":"9781782277804-retail-duino-elegies","title":"Duino Elegies","description":"The captivating original English translation of Rilke's landmark poetry cycle, by Vita and Edward Sackville-West In 1931, Virginia and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth Press published a beautiful edition of Rainer Maria Rilke's  Duino Elegies , in English translation by the writers Vita and Edward Sackville-West. This marked the English debut of Rilke's masterpiece, which would go on to influence countless poets, musicians and artists across the English-speaking world. Now published for the first time in 90 years, the Sackville-Wests' translation is both a fascinating historical document and a magnificent blank-verse rendering of Rilke's poetry cycle. Featuring a new introduction from critic Lesley Chamberlain, this reissue casts one of European literature's great masterpieces in fresh light. Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe. Translated by Vita Sackville-West and Edward Sackville-West Rainer Maria Rilke  (1875-1926) is considered one of the greatest German-language writers to have ever lived. He is best known for his  Duino Elegies ,  Sonnets to Orpheus , and  The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge .","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48900432462043,"sku":"9781782277804-RETAIL","price":25.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b4bdd3a7-255b-49dd-8dab-c21b62b3f3d0.jpg?v=1782204138","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781782277804-retail-duino-elegies","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}