Invention of Poetry

Selected Poems

AvAdam Czerniawski

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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‘Adam Czerniawski’s poetry springs from a conjunction of Polish and English (or perhaps European) culture. Deeply rooted in the Polish language, he is at the same time a poet of universal themes observed from a wide perspective of the Western world. I would even claim that this poetry springs from a different basis of culture and literary tradition, that he has managed to set himself free from many complexes of contemporary Polish poetry, to grasp and see them from a global perspective.’ –Konstanty Pieńkosz, Literary critic‘My favourite poems by Adam Czerniawski include “Seaside Holiday”, “Interior Topography” (one of his best poems), “You and I”, “Man”, “Science Fiction”, “Listening to a Schubert Quartet”, “World”, “Bridge”, “Fish”, “Triangle”, “A View of Delft”, “Evening, or a Field of Vision”, “Token of Remembrance” and “Golden Age”. These poems display a dialectical synthesis of feeling and awareness; without falling below the level of the author’s understanding – and let’s note that it is a philosophical understanding rare among Polish poets (Miłosz is a philosopher of a totally different kind) – these poems do not leave feelings behind, and this is precisely what works in their favour.’ –Bogdan Czaykowski, Poet and scholar‘Higgins strives to be faithful to Czerniawski’s style and tone (including the use of British English to reflect the author's environment), and those able to follow both the Polish and English can appreciate the consistency of his renditions. Higgins’s translations read smoothly and show respect for the original. Similar qualities come across in Higgins’s sensitive introduction to this generally laudable volume.’ –Prof. Joanna Niżyńska

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Utgivningsdatum:2005-09-01
Mått:140 x 216 x 10 mm
Vikt:232 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Salt Modern Poets
Antal sidor:168
Förlag:Salt Publishing
ISBN:9781844710911
Översättare:Iain Higgins

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Adam Czerniawski was born in Warsaw in 1934. Now lives in Wales. His publications in Polish include poetry, essays and short stories. His English publications include translations of poetry by Jan Kochanowski, Cyprian Norwid, Wisława Szymborska and Tadeusz Różewicz, his own memoir Scenes from a disturbed childhood and essays on poetry and philosophy.Iain Higgins was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is the author of Writing East: ‘The Travels’ of Sir John Mandeville (University of Pennsylvania Press) and the forthcoming volume of poems, Then Again (Oolichan). He teaches medieval English literature and medieval studies at the University of Victoria, Canada.

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This is a book about how seemingly insignificant moments may be the ones that turn out to matter most. It’s about disappearances and exile, love and loss, mystery and poetry. It’s a book to live with – not just read.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction by Iain HigginsAuthor’s NotePart IThe Invention of PoetryPentagramTeatro Della GuerraA View of DelftConcerning the Internal Contradictions of Classical Solid GeometryHunting the UnicornMythologyManScience FictionEvening, or a Field of VisionTransformation of MatterSpring Towards EveningPaul Klee: A GlossPart IICape of False HopePetrol, or Life in ŻarnowiecInterior TopographyKnowledge by DescriptionGaunilo’s IslandSelf-judgementFirst SnowSomewhere Near BabylonIncident in a ValleyIncident in a TempleIncident in HeavenFragmentListening to a Schubert QuartetKnowledge and ExperienceOxfordLandscape with No KingWords and DustPart IIIPoetry LessonStripping Last PoemDiscourse on PoetryLingua AdamicaThe City Yesterday and TodayCleaning an Old PoemBabylon IISt SebastianFrom an AlbumFamily PortraitToken of RemembrancePart IVGolden AgeApparently in 1911Seaside HolidayYou and IOde to YouthProvocationBroadstairs 1937A Wasp in the BeerLoveInfinitelyAnd the Pleached Medlars of Oxborough HallA Small Elegy SuddenlyPart VEx LibrisGirl at the WindowWordsDurobrivae, Or RochesterDesolation Sound, Or the Voice of DespairAschurbanipal and OthersThe Ages Speak, Or What’s New in History?DeathIn Memoriam Max Sebald (1944-2001)Part VISir David Ross Lectures on Aristotle’s PoliticsNoise and a DefinitionBavaria, 1956LoopAt the End of the Twentieth CenturyAnd Above Him The Moral Order of the Starry Heaven Veiled for the Moment by the Sun’s AfterglowMirrors and ReflectionsIn the Order of an English LandscapeFor the Muses’ Return