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Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation by William H. Gass
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“As Borges has taught us, all the books in the library are contemporary. Great poems are like granaries: they are always ready to enlarge their store.”
― William H. Gass, Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation
tags: borges, literature, literature-about-literature, literature-in-translation, poetry, rilke, writing, writing-craft, writing-process
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“...until summer becomes ein Zimmer in einem Traum -- a room in a dream.”
― William H. Gass, Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation
tags: dreams, poetry, rilke, summer, summer-nights, summertime
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