A Skeleton Plays Violin: Book Three of Our Trakl by Georg Trakl (English) Hardco

Description: A Skeleton Plays Violin by Georg Trakl, James Reidel The work of poet Georg Trakl, a leading Austrian-German expressionist, has been praised by many, including his contemporaries Rainer Maria Rilke and Else Lasker-SchÜler, as well as his patron Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein famously wrote that while he did not truly understand Trakls poems, they had the tone of a "truly ingenious person," which pleased him.A Skeleton Plays Violin comprises the final volume in a trilogy of works by Trakl published by Seagull Books. This selection gathers Trakls early, middle, and late work, none of it published in book form during his lifetime. The work here ranges widely, from his haunting prose pieces to his darkly beautiful poems documenting the first bloody weeks of World War I on the Eastern Front. Book Three of Our Trakl—the series that began with Trakls first book Poems and his posthumously published Sebastian Dreaming—also includes translations of unpublished poems and significant variants. Interpolated throughout this comprehensive and chronological selection is a biographical essay that provides more information about Trakls gifted and troubled life, especially as it relates to his poetry, as well as the necessary context of his relationship with his favorite sibling, his sister Grete, whose role as a muse to her brother is still highly controversial. Trakls life was mysterious and fascinating, a fact reflected in his work. A Skeleton Plays Violin should not be missed. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Georg Trakl (1887 1914) was an Austrian-German expressionist poet. James Reidel is a poet, editor, biographer, and translator. Review "Not only a testament to the heavenly spiral of the biographic, and all that it can provide in weight and relief, but a re-envisioning of how that glass mountain may be perceived, in all its archetypal, quest-filled, damnation-evoked glory. The combination of the biographical research and the embodiment of it within the text is incredible."-- "Yellow Rabbits""Striking and still mysterious poems."-- "New York Review of Books" Review Quote "Striking and still mysterious poems." Details ISBN0857424297 Author James Reidel Pages 256 Publisher Seagull Books London Ltd Year 2017 Translator James Reidel ISBN-10 0857424297 ISBN-13 9780857424297 Format Hardcover Imprint Seagull Books London Ltd Subtitle Book Three of Our Trakl Place of Publication Greenford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 831.912 Publication Date 2017-07-07 Language English UK Release Date 2017-07-07 AU Release Date 2017-07-07 NZ Release Date 2017-07-07 Series The German List Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161709183;

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