The History of Polish Literature, Updated edition (Paperback, Updated ed)

Polish literature is so little known in the English-speaking world, or indeed on the continent, that only Sienkiewicz' Quo Vadis can be said to ring any bells. No doubt this is due to the great flowering of Russian works which seems to overshadow all other Slavic contributions, even though, as Czeslaw Milosz points out in his superb study, Czech and Polish writers reached maturity centuries before their Muscovite counterparts. Milosz' survey - a sound, lively, and exhaustive commentary - may now remedy matters, especially for the interested college student. Certainly, activity in poetry and drama, if not necessarily in fiction, has not been lacking in Polish culture. Not only was there a "Golden Age" during the late Renaissance and "a refinement of taste, which produced lyrical poetry comparable to that of Elizabetha?? England," but more important, at least for the reader, all the famous European movements in philosophy, religion, politics, and the arts reverberated throughout Warsaw. The Reformation and Romanticism occasioned particularly fruitful debates, the first surprisingly strengthening the Catholic hierarchy and the second setting the wheels of modernism and/or nationalism in operation. So Milosz deals with history in more than one sense, demonstrating how unparochial the literary situation in Poland really was and is, concluding with the present confrontation between Communist and existential allegiances. A commanding work. (Kirkus Reviews)

This book is a survey of Polish letters and culture from its beginnings to modern times. Czeslaw Milosz updated this edition in 1983 and added an epilogue to bring the discussion up to date.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1983
First published:	1983
Authors:	Czeslaw Milosz
Dimensions:	225 x 152 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	570
Edition:	Updated ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-04477-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-04477-0
Barcode:	9780520044777

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