Emperor of the Earth: Modes of Eccentric Vision

by Czesław Miłosz

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520045033
• ISBN13: 9780520045033
• Release Date: August 1981
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"