LEADER 03408nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910456175503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-43753-4 010 $a9786612437533 010 $a0-300-15531-X 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300155310 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006626 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022171553 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000412730 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11277845 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412730 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10370419 035 $a(PQKB)11390672 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158290 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420624 035 $a(DE-B1597)485114 035 $a(OCoLC)635955000 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300155310 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420624 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10351585 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL243753 035 $a(OCoLC)923595228 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006626 100 $a20081024d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBetween fire and sleep$b[electronic resource] $eessays on modern Polish poetry and prose /$fJaroslaw Anders 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xx, 201 p.)) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-11167-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-198) and index. 327 $aBruno Schulz : the prisoner of myth -- Witold Gombrowicz : the transforming self -- Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz : modernism to madness -- Czeslaw Milosz : a testament of exile -- Zbigniew Herbert : the darkness of Mr. Cogito -- Wislawa Szymborska : the power of preserving -- Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski : sleepless in Naples -- Tadeusz Konwicki : Polish endgame -- Adam Zagajewski : to hear the sound of everything. 330 $aTwentieth-century Polish literature is often said to be a "witness to history," a narrative of the historical and political disasters that visited the nation. In this insightful book, Jaroslaw Anders examines Poland's modern poetry and fiction and explains that the best Polish writing of the period 1918-1989 was much more than testimony. Rather, it constantly transformed historical experience into metaphysical reflection, a philosophical or religious exploration of human existence. Anders analyzes and contextualizes the work of nine modern Polish writers. These include the "three madmen" of the interwar period-Schulz, Gombrowicz, and Witkiewicz, whom he calls the fathers of Polish modernist prose; the great poets of the war generation-Milosz, Herbert, and Szymborska; Herling-Grudzinski and Konwicki, with their dark philosophical subtexts; and the mystical-ecstatic poet Zagajewski. A collection of essays representing Anders's thinking over several decades, Between Fire and Sleep offers a fresh understanding of modern Polish literature and cultural identity. 606 $aPolish literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolish literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a891.8/5090073 686 $a18.54$2bcl 700 $aAnders$b Jaroslaw$f1950-$01049262 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456175503321 996 $aBetween fire and sleep$92478116 997 $aUNINA