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Sonnets to Orpheus

Mary Dows Herter Norton

4.3/5 ( ratings)

To Rilke himself the Sonnets to Orpheus 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." With facing-page German.

Language: English

Pages: 162

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton

Release: April 17, 2006

ISBN: 0393328856

ISBN 13: 9780393328851

Sonnets to Orpheus

Mary Dows Herter Norton

4.3/5 ( ratings)

To Rilke himself the Sonnets to Orpheus 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." With facing-page German.

Language: English

Pages: 162

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton

Release: April 17, 2006

ISBN: 0393328856

ISBN 13: 9780393328851

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