Between Fire and Sleep: Essays on Modern Polish Poetry and Prose

by Jaroslaw Anders

Book Overview

Twentieth-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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300207468
• ISBN13: 9780300207460
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"