Title The witness of poetry / Czeslaw Milosz

Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1983

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Description 121 pages ; 24 cm regular print Series The Charles Eliot Norton lectures ; 1981-1982 Charles Eliot Norton lectures ; 1981-1982 Contents Starting from my Europe -- Poets and the human family -- The lesson of biology -- A quarrel with classicism -- Ruins and poetry -- On hope Summary Essays discuss the isolation of the poet, the tension between classicism and realism, the impact of reductionism, and the state of poetry in Europe Analysis Literature and society Poetry Poetry Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes index Notes Also issued online Includes one poem in Polish (with translation) Subject Literature and society. Poetry -- History and criticism. Poetry. LC no. 82015471 ISBN 0674953827 0674953835 9780674953826 9780674953833

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