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 Now published for the first time in 90 years, the Sackville-Wests’ translation is both a fascinating historical document and a magnificent blank-verse rendering of Rilke’s poetry cycle.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.
ISBN: 9781782277804
Publication date: 21/01/2025
Price: $29.99
RRP: $29.99
Format: Paperback
Available stock: 1
Publishing status: Active
Author: Rilke, Rainer Maria
Series: Pushkin Press Classics
Imprint: Pushkin Press
