Rilke, Rainer Maria,  1875-1926 <br/><br/>
Das Stunden-Buch 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Hours  Release date is 2008-01-15 
<br/><br/>Vom mœnchischen Leben<br/>Von der Pilgerschaft<br/>Von der Armuth und vom Tode 
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<br/><br/> "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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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>German poetry -- 20th century 
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