{"product_id":"the-complete-french-poems","title":"The Complete French Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published as four clothbound editions (\u003ci\u003eThe Roses and The Windows\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Astonishment of Origins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrchards\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Migration of Powers\u003c\/i\u003e), this large paperback brings together all of Rilke's French poems, as well as his hitherto unpublished \u003ci\u003eDedications and Fragments\u003c\/i\u003e, in an exquisite English translation by A. Poulin, Jr. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore Poulin's important efforts, it wasn't widely known that Rilke--often deemed one of modernity's finest writers for his work in German--also wrote over 400 poems in French. These lyrics were composed toward the end of Rilke's life, after he had produced his masterworks, \u003ci\u003e Duino Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet the French poems are entirely of a piece with Rilke's characteristic themes, subjects, moods, and images. As Poulin notes in his Preface to \u003ci\u003eThe Complete French Poems\u003c\/i\u003e: \"The French lyrics [are] small poems of careful attentiveness to the things of this world [and] to the elusive states of being in which the world is poetically transformed.\"","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44459328405641,"sku":"9781555973612","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0376\/3057\/4729\/files\/fcdf372339248672415d07fd2bb4a439604dd0c8.jpg?v=1757071402","url":"https:\/\/thebookmarkpr.com\/products\/the-complete-french-poems","provider":"The Bookmark Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}