Possibility of Being: A Selection of Poems

by Rainer Maria Rilke

Book Overview

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 This Is the Creature has an eternal possibility of being but only becomes visible in the mirror 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811206513
• ISBN13: 9780811206518
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.0"