Rilke "Sonnets to Orpheus"
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Join me for an in-depth live reading series of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus. This series follows our recent discussions of the Duino Elegies. We will read approximately eight sonnets per meeting, focusing on savoring the poetry rather than rushing to completion.
Written in 1922 during a three-week "savage creative storm," this cycle of 55 sonnets was composed alongside the Duino Elegies. Together, they represent Rilke's masterpieces and the peak of his poetic achievement.
We will work exclusively with Mark S. Burrows' translation of the Sonnets. Please, read his Introduction to the Sonnets before our first meeting.
[Amazon.com: Sonnets to Orpheus: A New Translation (Bilingual Edition): 9781958972397: Rilke, Rainer Maria, Burrows, Mark S.: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Sonnets-Orpheus-New-Translation-Bilingual/dp/1958972398/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3759FOOGT6Y4Q&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Kz6rlGc6TsQr419OaxZ9cwPiRkcfwbf8Kh9P-zDH84oBwRwYYBa-aTDcO-dt_Qm8d4WNhf5JjP8dT8wpt8sDiSRE2Ak0mYeEvbMoyM3vPqiZGeRxp2qk5De5Rba9HVjWmgwuWbwQZZ10H5ztOcBNnrcegsZ9Bt2JyQ56Jlvwj44KKfcGDNlM9QNw0g2_cuOZ.g0G2l21L0aIVJCyqhUqYkHDFJ6pBw19fU_QamILjjGM&dib_tag=se&keywords=Mark+Burrows+rilke&qid=1778252615&sprefix=mark+burrows+rilke%2Caps%2C309&sr=8-3)