{"product_id":"poems-1913-9781735686554","title":"Poems (1913)","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3386495\"\u003eGeorg Trakl\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781735686554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1735686557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE018000\"\u003eEuropean | German\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Patrick Wang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684497035501,"sku":"9781735686554","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_74f78ffb-82c3-4ca9-962b-65910b38b350.jpg?v=1649754843","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/poems-1913-9781735686554","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}