Emperor of the Earth
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brognart
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essay collection
european literary criticism
european literary history
faith
french intellectuals
history
joseph conrad
literature
modern russian literature
morality
nobel prize in literature
polish romantic poet
politics
science fiction
severe conflicts
shestov
simone weil
slavic literature
stanislaw brzozowski
stanislaw ignacy witkiewicz
student readings
swedenborg
thomas mayne reid
vladimir solovyov
world revolution
Product details
- ISBN 9780520045033
- Weight: 318g
- Dimensions: 140 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 21 Aug 1981
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 how a Polish romantic poet could write in 1833 a drama on the approaching world revolution. "Joseph Conrad's Father" sketches the biography of a poet and revolutionary and also throws some light upon the fate of the hero of the last chapter.
Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004) was born in Lithuania and was Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1980 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
