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20090228
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Paperback. Though best known as poets, Zbigniew Herbert, Joseph Brodsky, and Adam Zagajewski also wrote some original prose. This book explores the connections between the sensory experience of travel of these East European poets, who journeyed to the West under different circumstances, and the perception of the visual arts found in their writings. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DV; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Though best known as poets, Zbigniew Herbert (1924-98), Joseph Brodsky (1940-96), and Adam Zagajewski (b. 1945) also wrote some of the most original prose of this century. It is this prose - remarkable for its cross-cultural complexity and interdisciplinary richness - that concerns Bozena Shallcross in ""Through the Poet's Eye"". The travels undertaken by these East European poets, who journeyed to the West under different circumstances, give Shallcross her point of departure as she explores the connections between the sensory experience of travel and the perception of the visual arts found in their writings. As Zagajewski, Herbert, and Brodsky blend ... Read more
Though best known as poets, Zbigniew Herbert (1924-98), Joseph Brodsky (1940-96), and Adam Zagajewski (b. 1945) also wrote some of the most original prose of this century. It is this prose - remarkable for its cross-cultural complexity and interdisciplinary richness - that concerns Bozena Shallcross in ""Through the Poet's Eye"". The travels undertaken by these East European poets, who journeyed to the West under different circumstances, give Shallcross her point of departure as she explores the connections between the sensory experience of travel and the perception of the visual arts found in their writings. As Zagajewski, Herbert, and Brodsky blend ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Through the Poet´s Eye: The Travels of Zagajewski, Herbert, and Brodsky
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
318g
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810125926
SKU
V9780810125926
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Bozena Shallcross is an associate professor of Polish literature at the University of Chicago. She is the author of Through the Poet's Eye: The Travels of Zagajewski, Herbert, and Brodsky.
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