Sonnets to Orpheus / Rainer Maria Rilke ; translated from the German by Patricia Holburd Heidenheimer
- Bib ID:
- 3409934
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926, author
- Uniform Title:
- Sonette an Orpheus. English
- Description:
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- [Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina] : Fulcrum Press, 2001
- 23 unnumbered leaves : colour illustrations ; 36 cm. in box 37 cm.
- Summary:
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In this passionate tribute to Rainer Maria Rilke, Patricia Holburd Heidenheimer presents, in an innovative artist book format, her own translations of two of the poet's major texts: the 1922 Sonnets to Orpheus (selected) and the 1904 full-length narrative poem, Orpheus. Eurydice. Hermes. In Holburd Heidenheimer's book, the sonnets hover airily above an underworld that forms the backdrop for the text of Rilke's narrative. Of the latter work, which describes Orpheus's descent into Hades to bring back his dead wife Eurydice, Holburd Heidenheimer writes, "Rilke is now ready to praise the earth as part of the dual kingdoms of life and death, both of which he joyously affirms." -From the prospectus.
- Notes:
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- "A limited edition book."
- At foot of title page: Orpheus, Eurydice, Hermes.
- "These selected poems by Rainer Maria Rilke were translated by Patricia Holburd Heidenheimer, who also created and hand-printed the accompanying collagraph images. The text was letterpress-printed in Monotype Bembo Semibold by Maureen Cummins onto Hiromi Shiramine. The sonnets included from Die Sonette an Orpheus are Part I: 1-11, 14, 26 and Part II: 13, 29 ... This edition is limited to twenty-five numbered copies. You hold copy no. ... [signature] P. Holburd Heidenheimer." --Colophon.
- Designed and letterpress-printed by Maureen Cummins with typographic assistance from Kathleen McMillan.
- Printed on one side of a joined continuous strip, folded accordion style, attached to the front board. Bound in blue cloth covered boards; issued in matching blue slipcase with profile illustration on the front. Grey endpapers and spine, with the final fold easily movable out of a slot on the back board, enabling the book to be viewed in one continuous piece.
- Limited edition of 25 copies signed by Heidenheimer.
- National Library of Australia's copy is no. 11.
- Subject:
- Place:
- United States. North Carolina Kill Devil Hills.
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- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2001
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