Book description
For poetry lovers and students of literature and literary criticism, Robert Bly, the National Book Award-winning poet, brings his prowess as a translator and critic to bear on the work of one of the major German poets of the century.
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1 author picked Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
People said I should read Rilke. I didn’t until I found an old copy of this book in a used bookstore, and I was glad I did. The book is organized chronologically, and each period of Rilke’s publication history is interspersed with poet Robert Bly’s commentary. I found Bly’s thoughts invaluable, providing context and focusing my attention. I learned that Rilke’s German God is of the swamp and the bog, not the sky. Who knew?
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