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  The Nibelungenlied

  by Burton Raffel, A. T. Hatto

  Prose translation of epic tale, best known to modern audiences as source for Wagner’s Ring cycle, recounts the life and death of Sifrid (Siegfried), the dragon-slaying superman who can only be undone through betrayal. In the second half, his noble queen Kriemhilde extracts vengeance, destroying not only thousands of her countrymen but all of her kinsmen as well.
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  Selections. (English & German.)

  by Stephen Mitchell, Rainer Maria Rilke

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  Letters to a Young Poet

  by Rainer Maria Rilke

  In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, requesting an assessment of their value. The older artist, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), replied to the novice in this series of letters--an amazing archive of remarkable insights into the ideas behind Rilke's greatest poetry. The ten letters reproduced here were written during an important stage in Rilke's artistic... (more)
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  Überall und neben dir

  by Hans-Joachim Gelberg

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  Bertolt Brecht

  by Ralph Manheim, Bertolt Brecht

  "...this impressive selection of Bertolt Brecht's poetry...roughly 500 poems...shows convincingly that his ouevre is one of the major poetic achievements of the present century. The editing, with excellent notes, excerpts from Brecht's own views about poetry and Mr. Willett's concise introduction is exemplary. Most important, the translations by 35 poets, among them H.R. Hayes, Peter Levi, Christopher Middleton,... (more)
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  Goethe's Faust

  by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, J. W. VonGoethe

  The best translation of Faust available, this volume provides the original German text and its English counterpart on facing pages. Walter Kaufmann's translation conveys the poetic beauty and rhythm as well as the complex depth of Goethe's language. Includes Part One and selections from Part Two.
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  A-N-N-A!: Kurt Schwitters' Gedicht "An Anna Blume" in 154 Nachdichtungen aus 137 Ländern sowie als Hörstück auf CD = Kurt Schwitters' poem "An Anna Blume", ... composition on CD (Edition Postskriptum)

  by Kurt Schwitters

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  Das Wasserzeichen Der Poesie

  by Andreas Thalmayr

• Christian Morgenstern's Galgenlieder (The Gallows Songs), Bilingual editionChristian Morgenstern

  

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  Christian Morgenstern's Galgenlieder (The Gallows Songs), Bilingual edition

  by Christian Morgenstern

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  Poems. (English)

  by Rainer Maria Rilke

  For poetry lovers and students of literature and literary criticism, a National Book Award-winning poet brings his prowess as a translator and critic to bear on the work of one of the major German poets of the century.
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  Duino Elegies and the Sonnets of Orpheus

  by Rainer Maria Rilke

  Long considered the definitive English translation of Rilke’s brilliant and haunting masterworks, A. Poulin’s edition of Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus provides an essential introduction to some of the most passionate and intensely creative visionary poetry of the twentieth century. With a new foreword by the esteemed poet Mark Doty and a fresh new design, Poulin’s revered translation is certain to... (more)