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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: Literature Translated Germany . FROM THE PUBLISHER - 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…
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- Title Possibility of Being: A Selection of Poems
- Author Rainer Maria Rilke
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First edition
- Pages 122
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation, New York
- Date March 1978
- ISBN 9780811206501 / 0811206505
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 77004656
- Dewey Decimal Code 831.912
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