EMPEROR OF THE EARTH by Czeslaw Milosz ( 9780520045033 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

EMPEROR OF THE EARTH
MODES OF ECCENTRIC VISION

By:

Czeslaw Milosz

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0520045033

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9780520045033

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

Pub. date:

21 August, 1981

Pages:

246

Translated from:

Polish

Description:

A collection of essays the deals with subjects taken from Slavic literatures. It opens with a true story, "Brognart", which is a confession of the author's remorse based on conflict with French intellectuals. It features: "Science Fiction and the Coming of the Antichrist"; "Krasinski's Retreat"; and, "Joseph Conrad's Father".

Synopsis:

This stimulating collection of essays, mostly concerned with subjects taken from Slavic literatures, is at once scholarly and reflective. The volume opens with a true story, "Brognart", which is a confession of the author's remorse based on conflict with French intellectuals. "Science Fiction and the Coming of the Antichrist" concerns Vladimir Solovyov. "Krasinski's Retreat" is another return to the author's student readings, which attempts to determine how a Polish romantic poet could write in 1833 a drama on the approaching world revolution. "Joseph Conrad's Father" sketches the biography of a poet and revolutionary and also throws some light upon the fate of the hero of the last chapter.

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