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Original Title:	Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry & Prose
ISBN:	0679601619 (ISBN13: 9780679601616)
Edition Language:	English

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The reputation of Rainer Maria Rilke has grown steadily since his death in 1926; today he is widely considered to be the greatest poet of the twentieth century. This Modern Library edition presents Stephen Mitchell’s acclaimed translations of Rilke, which have won praise for their re-creation of the poet’s rich formal music and depth of thought. “If Rilke had written in English,” Denis Donoghue wrote in The New York Times Book Review, “he would have written in this English.” Ahead of All Parting is an abundant selection of Rilke’s lifework. It contains representative poems from his early collections The Book of Hours and The Book of Pictures; many selections from the revolutionary New Poems, which drew inspiration from Rodin and Cezanne; the hitherto little-known “Requiem for a Friend”; and a generous selection of the late uncollected poems, which constitute some of his finest work. Included too are passages from Rilke’s influential novel, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, and nine of his brilliant uncollected prose pieces. Finally, the book presents the poet’s two greatest masterpieces in their entirety: the Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus. “Rilke’s voice, with its extraordinary combination of formality, power, speed and lightness, can be heard in Mr. Mitchell’s versions more clearly than in any others,” said W. S. Merwin. “His work is masterful.”

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Title	:	Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose
Author	:	Rainer Maria Rilke
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 615 pages
Published	:	August 1st 1995 by Modern Library (first published January 1st 1995)
Categories	:	Poetry. Classics. European Literature. German Literature. Fiction. Literature. Writing. Essays. Unfinished

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Rilke reassures me, always. Wow.

I need to stop adding poetry to my list on the basis of one line I saw on tumblr. I'm almost certain these poems are better in German but they were a little flat and repetitive in English.

This is Stephen Mitchell's translation. I wish I could read the original. So far, I prefer Mitchell's translations to others I have read.I especially liked the prose translations.I'd like to hear other thoughts re: whose translations of Rilke are "best" and why.

In some ways this book is beyond writing about for me at the moment. It is profoundly and transcendently beautiful and heavy. Some of the best writing on grief, love, art, and our yearning for and often futile grasping at the beyond.I've perused many translations of Rilke's poetry, and there are other approaches I also enjoy, but Stephen Mitchell's work here stands above them, for me. The others feel too smooth. Here there is beauty but also the testing and folding and stretching of language

Beautiful Beautiful BeautifulRilke makes my mind feel full while I puzzle out meanings and emotions and connections that change with every line I read. One day I'm learning German just to read it without translation.

Beautiful and pure. Rilke is like glass. (Also v. fond of cats and elegies.)

If you read no other selection of Rilke's poetry, read this one. The selection is comprehensive, and Mitchell's translations are outstanding.