Ecstatic Pessimist - Czeslaw Milosz, Poet of Catastrophe and Hope

Ecstatic Pessimist addresses several topics and strands in the literary production and life of Czes¿aw Mi¿osz, the Nobel Prize Polish-language poet and American citizen. It is also a personal history of the relations between Mi¿osz and the author of the book, himself a poet who worked on translations with the Polish poet in 1960s.

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By Peter Dale Scott

Summary

Ecstatic Pessimist address several topics and strands in the literary production and life of Czeslaw Milosz, the Nobel Prize Polish-language poet and American citizen. It is also a personal history of the relations between Milosz and the author of the book, himself a poet who worked on translations with the Polish poet in 1960s.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Dale Scott, Scott Peter Dale
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781538172445
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-7244-5
• No. of pages: 370
• Series: World Social Change
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Eastern Europe, European History, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Poland, POETRY / European / General, HISTORY / Europe / Poland, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literature: history & criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Cold War, POETRY / Russian & Soviet