Duino Elegies
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I now also have a grand plan to read War and Peace, spend more time with Rilke’s Duino Elegies, and maybe drop in on some drawing classes.
From Slate • Mar. 19, 2020
Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/MGM : 1 Rainer Maria Rilke, in the opening lines of the Duino Elegies.
From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2012
He spent the earlier part of this year as a visiting fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge, working on a new version of Rilke's Duino Elegies.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2012
He was in the process of completing the Duino Elegies, the masterwork he had been engaged in since 1912.
From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2011
He completed the Duino Elegies, begun at Princess Thurn and Taxis' castle on the Adriatic near Trieste; she celebrated the event with a ceremonious visit, during which the poet recited the whole work to her.
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