Possibility of Being: A Selection of Poems (English and German Edition) - Hardcover
Book 2 of 7: New Directions
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Eighty-four verses by the modern German lyric poet have as their central concern the pursuit and achievement of being
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RAINER MARIA RILKE (1875–1926) is one of the greatest poets who ever wrote in the German language. His most famous works are Sonnets to Orpheus, The Duino Elegies, Letters to a Young Poet, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, and The Book of Hours.
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hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. New York. 1977. New Directions. 1st Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket With Some Tears. 0811206505. Translated from the German by J. B. Leishman. 122 pages. hardcover. Jacket drawing and calligraphy by Ben Shahn. Jacket design by Gertrude Huston. keywords: Europe Czech Germany Literature Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION - POSSIBILITY OF BEING is a selection of poems by one of the most moving and original writers of this century, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926). The title (taken from one of the SONNETS TO ORPHEUS, 'This Is the Creature') reflects the central concern of both Rilke's life and art: the achievement of 'being,' which this most spiritual yet least doctrinaire of modern German poets defined as 'the experiencing of the completest possible inner intensity.' The eighty-four poems included in this small volume will serve as a sound and inviting introduction to Rilke's strategies in the pursuit of 'being.' And just as the unicorn in the title poem has an eternal 'possibility of being' but only becomes visible in the minor held by a virgin, so can our own possibilities become manifest in the mirror held by the sensitive artist. The poems are chosen from THE BOOK OF HOURS (1899-1903), THE BOOK OF IMAGES (1902 AND 1906), NEW POEMS (1907 AND 1908), REQUIEM (1909), DUINO ELEGIES (1923), SONNETS TO ORPHEUS (1923), and the posthumous POEMS 1906-26. This selection was made by Professor Theodore Ziolkowski of Princeton University, who drew from the various New Directions volumes of Rilke's work translated by J. B. Leishman. inventory #6284 Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket With Some Tears. Seller Inventory # z6284
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Publisher: New Directions, NY, 1977.First Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE hardcover book in NEAR FINE price-clipped dust-jacket. Text in English only. Not remainder marked. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves. Seller Inventory # SKU1031300