Traces the course of Polish poetry from Norwid to the New Wave, virtually the whole of this century.--Polish Heritage. "Informative and engaging...Composed of three distinctly structured sections. The first, the most ambitious...consists of two essays by Czerniawski that together attempt to provide a background for the rest of the contributions...In Part 2, seven English writers comment on a single Polish poem that is particularly meaningful to them. These are light but intriguing...The third section is composed of ten solid essays in literary criticism by English writers who know Polish poetry only in translation and by emigre Polish writers and scholars. The blend of interests and perspectives is particularly effective and fascinating. Recommended for the general reader of poetry, graduate and upper-division undergraduate levels."--Choice.
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