{"product_id":"possibility-of-being-a-selection-of-poems-9780811206518","title":"Possibility of Being: A Selection of Poems","description":"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 \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e (1899-1903), \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Images\u003c\/em\u003e (1902 and 1906), \u003cem\u003eNew Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (1907 and 1908), \u003cem\u003eRequiem\u003c\/em\u003e (1909), \u003cem\u003eDuino Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e (1923), \u003cem\u003eSonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/em\u003e (1923), and the posthumous \u003cem\u003ePoems 1906-26\u003c\/em\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRilke, Rainer Maria:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRainer Maria Rilke \u003c\/strong\u003e(1875-1926), the author of \u003cem\u003eSonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLetters to a Young Poet\u003c\/em\u003e, was one of the greatest poets of the German language.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328661066002,"sku":"9780811206518","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_66db8bea-8fc2-49ba-891b-c6ec709d7f05.jpg?v=1727747105","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/possibility-of-being-a-selection-of-poems-9780811206518","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}