Das Stunden-Buch by Rainer Maria Rilke
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"Das Stunden-Buch" by Rainer Maria Rilke is a collection of poetry written between 1899 and 1903. This three-part cycle emerged from Rilke's transformative journeys to Russia, where he encountered vast landscapes and deep Orthodox spirituality. Through dreamy, melodic verses, Rilke engages in an intimate dialogue with a pantheistic God—sometimes neighbor, sometimes distant mystery. The work explores themes of monasticism, pilgrimage, poverty, and death, establishing Rilke's reputation as a religious poet while showcasing
his distinctive musicality and turn-of-the-century aesthetic sensibility. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 |
|---|---|
| Title | Das Stunden-Buch |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Hours |
| Contents |
Vom mœnchischen Leben Von der Pilgerschaft Von der Armuth und vom Tode |
| Credits |
Produced by Markus Brenner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | German poetry -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 24288 |
| Release Date | Jan 15, 2008 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1304 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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