num_pages: 224
description: Rilke is one of the most widely read poets of the 20th century. In his poetry, Rilke addresses the problems of death, God, and "destructive time," and attempts to overcome and transform these problems into an indestructive inner world.
language: German
title: Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus
titlecomplete: Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus (English and German Edition)
genres: 20th Century, Germany, Unfinished, Poetry, Literature, German Literature, Classics, Anthologies, Fiction, Czech Literature
ratings_count: 2480
publisher: Houghton Mifflin