“Polish Literature Is a Long Run Project:” “Private Obligations” and Miłosz’s Reading Russia Cover Image

„Literatura polska jest projektem na daleką metę”: „prywatne obowiązki” a Miłoszowskie czytanie Rosji
“Polish Literature Is a Long Run Project:” “Private Obligations” and Miłosz’s Reading Russia

Author(s): Małgorzata Szumna
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Czesław Miłosz; Miłosz’s reading Russia

Summary/Abstract: Falling into the tradition of intellectual history, the article is an attempt to present the way one reads Czesław Miłosz’s essay writings from the angle of a modernizing project included in it aiming at Europeanization of Polish culture. The author tries to prove that “private obligations” might be seen as one of the central category in Miłosz’s thinking, and ponders over the mode this concept mirrors not only directly his creativity but also the model of behavior of a contemporary Polish intellectual which the writer proposes. The text may furthermore be regarded as a peculiar case study: Miłosz’s suggested solutions are here followed as based on the references to Russian culture present in his sketches and correspondence.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 85-104
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish