Pictures of God : Including the Life of the Virgin Mary A Bilingual Edition:Rilke's Religious Poetry
by Rilke, Rainer Maria; Kidder, Annemarie S.; Rike Rainer Maria; Kidder, Annemarie S.Edition: BILINGUAL
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-06-30
Publisher(s): Annmarie s Kidder
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Summary
This is the first comprehensive collection of poems of Rainer Maria Rilke's work on religious and biblical themes. The collection also contains the complete poetic cycle of "The Life of the Virgin Mary," and constitutes the first English translation from German in over fifty years. Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is considered the most significant figure in twentieth-century German poetry. This is a book for lovers of Rilke, as well as those interested and engaged in the intersection of religion and the arts, beauty and the transcendent.
Author Biography
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is considered the most significant figure in twentieth-century German poetry. He is the author of "Letters to a Young Poet," "Duino Elegies," "The Sonnets to Orpheus," and the novel "The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge." Annemarie S. Kidder is associate pastor at The First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor. She is the author of "Women, Celibacy, and the Church" (Crossroad Publishing, 2003) and translator of theological works by Luise Schottroff and Raimon Panikkar. She has previously translated Rainer Maria Rilke's "The Book of Hours: Prayers to a Lowly God" (Northwestern University Press, 2001).
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