A Fugitive from Utopia
| Author | : Stanisław Barańczak |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 182 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0674326857 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780674326859 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Fugitive from Utopia by : Stanisław Barańczak
Download or read book A Fugitive from Utopia written by Stanisław Barańczak and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baranczak--a poet, critic, translator, and Polish émigré--supplies politico-cultural context for Herbert while analyzing the texts and themes of his poems. Herbert's poetry, he shows, is based on permanent confrontation--of Western tradition with the experience of an Eastern European, of classicism with modernity, of cultural myth with empiricism.
