Poems to Night
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- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
3 March 2026
Summary
In 1916, Rainer Maria Rilke presented his friend Rudolf Kassner with a notebook, containing twenty-two poems meticulously inscribed in his own hand and bearing the title Poems to Night. This evocative sequence of poems, which echoes some of the great themes of German romanticism, is now thought to represent one of the key stages in the creative breakthrough and spiritual evolution of the preeminent European poet of the twentieth century.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805333135 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1805333135 |
| Author: | Rainer Maria Rilke, Will Stone |
| Publisher: | Pushkin Press |
| Imprint: | Pushkin Press Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 3 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 92g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 129mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
[A] gorgeous collection of odes to the night and darkness * ExBerliner *
An excellent introduction to Rilke in English, and Will Stone has executed his task with admirable aplomb * London Grip *
Rilke pushes language to the outer limits, trying to articulate what can scarcely be portrayed… that mysterious connection which floats between things like a soul * Stefan Zweig *
I’ve always felt that Rilke stands with one foot in the 19th century with the other firmly planted in the 21st – Art Beck * Jacket Magazine *
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is considered one of the greatest German-language writers to have ever lived. He published his first collection of verse, Leben und Lieder (Life and Songs), in 1894, while he was still at school, and continued to write poetry and prose throughout his life, becoming a master of both. He is perhaps best known for his Duino Elegies, Sonnets to Orpheus, and The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. Rilke died in Switzerland in 1926, after being diagnosed with leukaemia, and was buried in the churchyard of Raron. His chosen epitaph was ‘Rose, oh pure contradiction, to be no-one’s sleep under so many lids.’
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