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Prayers of a Young Poet
Mark S. Burrows
出版
Paraclete Press
, 2012-09-01
主題
Poetry / European / German
Poetry / Subjects & Themes / Inspirational & Religious
ISBN
1612612911
9781612612911
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=YH7bh9MSEMwC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
This volume marks the first translation of these prayer-poems into English. Originally written in 1899, Rilke wrote them upon returning to Germany from his first trip to Russia. His experience of the East shaped him profoundly. He found himself entranced by Orthodox churches and monasteries, above all by the icons that seemed to him like flames glowing in dark spaces. He intended these poems as icons of sorts, gestures that could illumine a way for seekers in the darkness. As Rilke here writes, "I love the dark hours of my being, / for they deepen my senses."