Duino Elegies
| Author | : Rainer Maria Rilke |
| Publisher | : Northwestern University Press |
| Total Pages | : 104 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0810116480 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780810116481 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (481 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Duino Elegies by : Rainer Maria Rilke
Download or read book Duino Elegies written by Rainer Maria Rilke and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named for the Castle of Duino, on a rocky headland of the Adriatic, the Duino Elegies speaks in a voice that is both intimate and majestic on the mysteries of human life and our attempt, in the words of the translator, 'to use our self-consciousness to some advantage: to transcend, through art and the imagination, our self-deception and our fear.'
