Key themes include doubt, desire, art, nature, time, nothingness, pilgrimage, the city, poverty and death. Varied and restless, it presents a kaleidoscopic picture of the poet’s complex and shifting relationship with God, which at times feels like a love affair. It catches the reader off-guard with surprises and frissons of all kinds. Rilke’s earliest masterpiece is compelling, outspoken, impassioned, strange and wholly alive. An introduction covers the sources of Rilke’s inspiration, as well as the principles Robert Saxton has followed in his approach to the work. Here for the first time Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Book of Hours is rendered into satisfying poetry in English in a version that follows the rhyme patterns of the original German. Rainer Maria Rilke: The Book of Hours, a Version by Robert Saxton All currently available titles can be browsed here. He is particularly keen to publish the work of poets who, although they may have a good track record over many years, have not necessarily achieved the recognition they deserve. The editor will consider submissions from emerging and established talents. It receives no funding and has no wish to do so. The High Window Press, founded in 2015, is a small press dedicated to publishing high quality collections of poetry.
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