Rilke, Rainer Maria [1875-1926.] <br/><br/>
Selected poems 

 - London  Penguin Books  2000 
 - 93 pages ; 20 cm 
 - Penguin classics .
<br/><br/> Hailed as the greatest modern lyrical poet of Germany, Rainer Maria Rilke's genius lies in his passion for perfection, artistic integrity and 'willingness to remain a perpetual beginner'.  The verse contained in this selection ranges from the objective, naturalistic descriptions of his earliest works to the increasingly effusive outpourings of half-religious ecstasy and anguish that characterize his later poems and culminates in the overwhelmingly personal vision of the famous `Duino Elegies' and `The Sonnets to Orpheus', in which his most intense experiences of living and being find their noblest expression." 
<br/><br/><br/>Original in German. Translated into English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0141183497 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>German poetry
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>831.912