{"product_id":"poems-1913-paperback","title":"Poems (1913) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorg Trakl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatrick Wang\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Austrian poet Georg Trakl (1887-1914) wrote with a singular voice that captivated a wide range of admirers: the philosophers Heidegger and Wittgenstein; fellow writers and poets like Beckett, Rilke, and Walser; and composers such as Webern and Hindemith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo collections of his poetry were prepared for publication during his lifetime. The vast majority of poems in the first book, \u003cem\u003ePoems\u003c\/em\u003e (1913), feature crystalline meters and regular rhyme schemes that produce a hypnotic music. In the second book, \u003cem\u003eSebastian in a Dream\u003c\/em\u003e (1915), the reverse is true, and most poems are written in free verse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese translations reproduce the musical experience of the first book for the English reader. Here the formal elements provide a little air, a little lift on which the poet's simple words and surprising invocations go gliding by in all their mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.15 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42707884081215,"sku":"9781735686554","price":12.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/14a3b77fe8ddac9b5905424572077ce3.webp?v=1765045777","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/poems-1913-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}