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Poems from the Book of Hours (Second Edition) (New Directions Paperbook)
Poems from the Book of Hours - Second Edition - New Directions Paperbook
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
A beautiful bilingual gift book of poems: selections from Rilke?s legendary masterpiece, The Book of Hours, with a new introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin. Rilke?s Book of Hours falls into three parts: The Book of Monkish Life (1899), The Book of Pilgrimage (1901), and The Book of Poverty a...  more »(1903). Although these poems were the work of Rilke?s youth, they contain the germ of his mature convictions. Written as spontaneously received prayers, they celebrate a God who is not the Creator of the Universe, but seems to be rather humanity itself, and, above all, that most intensely conscious part of humanity, the artist. This exquisite gift edition contains Babette Deutsch?s classic translations, which capture the rich harmony and suggestive imagery of the originals, allowing interpretations both religious and philosophical, and transporting the reader to new heights of inspiration and musicality. .
ISBN-13: 9780811218535
ISBN-10: 0811218538
Publication Date: 11/24/2009
Pages: 64
Edition: Second Edition
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Publisher: New Directions
Book Type: Paperback
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