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9780865476073
"[Snow's] translation of the ELEGIES is the finest that I heave ever read....Snow understands the destabilizing effect that rhythm can have on poetic language, and he knows better than any other translator of these poems how to create a psychological presence with the implements of grammar and sound. His work stands the highest test that can be put to any translation: it would be a worthy poetic achievement even without the original to prop it up."Rilke, Rainer Maria is the author of 'Duino Elegies', published 2001 under ISBN 9780865476073 and ISBN 0865476071.
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