“Concealed Zones”. Mickiewicz by Miłosz: an Unknown Genius Cover Image

„Przemilczane strefy”: Mickiewicz Miłosza jako nieznany geniusz
“Concealed Zones”. Mickiewicz by Miłosz: an Unknown Genius

Author(s): Lidia Banowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Literackie im. Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Adam Mickiewicz; Czesław Miłosz; Mickiewiczian tradition; genius

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with appearance of a Mickiewiczian tradition in Czesław Miłosz’s late poetic output. Mickiewicz is treated in these works as an unknown genius: a mystic, poet of secret code, and spiritual guide who foresees the possible crises of a modernity-being-conceived – one with whom Miłosz happens to struggle with a century later.

  • Issue Year: XLV/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 50-63
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish