The Witness of Poetry
- 作者
- 出版社 Harvard University Press
- 出版时间 1984年7月
- ISBN 9780674953833
- 定价 342.17
内容简介
CzeslawMiosz,winnerofthe1980NobelPrizeforLiterature,reflectsuponpoetry'stestimonytotheeventsofourtumultuoustime.Fromthespecialperspectivesof"mycornerofEurope,"aclassicalandCatholiceducation,aseriousencounterwithMarxism,andalifemarkedbyjourneysandexiles,Miloszhasdevelopedasensibilityatoncewarmanddetached,floodedwithspecificmemoryyetneverhermeticorprovincial.Miloszaddressesmanyofthemajorproblemsofcontemporarypoetry,beginningwiththepessimismandnegativismpromptedbyreductionistinterpretationsofman'sanimalorigins.HeexaminesthetendencyofpoetssinceMallarmétoisolatethemselvesfromsociety,andstressestheneedforthepoettomakehimselfpartofthegreathumanfamily.Onechapterisdevotedtothetensionbetweenclassicismandrealism;Miloszbelievespoetryshouldbe"apassionatepursuitofthereal."In"RuinsandPoetry"helooksatpoemsconstructedfromthewreckageofacivilization,specificallythatofPolandafterthehorrorsofWorldWarII.Finally,heexpressesoptimismfortheworld,basedonahoped-forbetterunderstandingofthelessonsofmodernscience,ontheemergingrecognitionofhumanity'soneness,andonmankind'sgrowingawarenessofitsownhistory.,Essaysdiscusstheisolationofthepoet,thetensionbetweenclassicismandrealism,theimpactofreductionism,andthestateofpoetryinEurope,
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