Sounds, feelings, thoughts
seventy poems
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Author
Contributions
- Krynski, Magnus J., 1922- - Contributor
- Maguire, Robert A., 1930- - Contributor
Publication
1981 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
53,750 words, Guess
Page Count
215 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100691064695
- ISBN-100691013802
- ISBN-139780691064697
- ISBN-139780691013800
- Goodreads734132', '10206
and 6 more
- LibraryThing16051
- Library of Congress Control Number80008579
- OCLC Control Number7460444
- Better World Books9780691013800
- Better World Books9780691064697
- Open LibraryOL4095534M
Classifications
- DDC891.8/517
- LCCPG7178.Z9 A24
- LCCPG7178.Z9A24
and 1 more
- LCCPG7178.Z9.A24
Description
Translated and Introduced by Magnus J. Krynski and Robert A. Maguire Regarded as one of the best representatives since World War II of the rich and ancient art of poetry in Poland, Wislawa Szymborska (b. 1923) is, in the translators' words, "that rarest of phenomena: a serious poet who commands a large audience in her native land." The seventy poems in this bilingual edition are among the largest and most representative offering of her work in English, with particular emphasis on the period since 1967. They illustrate virtually all her major themes and most of her important techniques. Describing Szymborka's poetry, Magnus Krynski and Robert Maguire write that her verse is marked by high seriousness, delightful inventiveness, a prodigal imagination, and enormous technical skill. She writes of the diversity, plenitude, and richness of the world, taking delight in observing and naming its phenomena. She looks on with wonder, astonishment, and amusement, but almost never with despair. --Publisher.
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