Isbn: 9780374184995 - legends of modernity: essays and letters from occupied poland, 1942-43 (19 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Fair. Legends of Modernity, now available in English for the first time, brings together some of Czeslaw Milosz's early essays and letters, composed in German-occupied Warsaw during the winter of 1942-43. Why did the European spirit succumb to such a devastating fiasco? the young Milosz asks. Half a century later, when Legends of Modernity saw its first publication in Poland, Milosz said: If everything inside you is agitation, hatred, and despair, write measured, perfectly calm sentences. While the essays here reflect a perfect calm, the accompanying contemporaneous exchange of letters between Milosz and Jerzy Andrzejewski express the raw emotions of agitation, hatred and despair experienced by these two close friends struggling to understand the proximate causes of this debacle of western civilization, and the relevance, if any, of the teachings of the Catholic church. Passionate, poignant, and compelling, Legends of Modernity is a deeply moving insight into the mind and emotions of one of the greatest writers of our time.…

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Hardback. Condizione: Fair. Legends of Modernity, now available in English for the first time, brings together some of Czeslaw Milosz's early essays and letters, composed in German-occupied Warsaw during the winter of 1942-43. Why did the European spirit succumb to such a devastating fiasco? the young Milosz asks. Half a century later, when Legends of Modernity saw its first publication in Poland, Milosz said: If everything inside you is agitation, hatred, and despair, write measured, perfectly calm sentences. While the essays here reflect a perfect calm, the accompanying contemporaneous exchange of letters between Milosz and Jerzy Andrzejewski express the raw emotions of agitation, hatred and despair experienced by these two close friends struggling to understand the proximate causes of this debacle of western civilization, and the relevance, if any, of the teachings of the Catholic church. Passionate, poignant, and compelling, Legends of Modernity is a deeply moving insight into the mind and emotions of one of the greatest writers of our time.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good (Protective cover). First Edition. Cover is in excellent condition, save for minimal rubbing. DJ is unclipped and in very good condition, save for minor rubbing. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.…

purple & black hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). xvi+266p. + about the author. notes to the 1996 Polish edition. notes to the essays. world history. politics. world war ii. memoirs. autobiography. biography. ~ Legends of Modernity, now available in English for the first time, brings together some of Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz's early essays and letters, composed in German~occupied Warsaw during the winter of 1942~1943. As relevant today as when they were written, the essays collected in this volume record the young Milosz's attempt to answer the question, "Why did the European spirit succumb to such a devastating fiasco?" Half a century later, when Legends of Modernity saw its first publication in Poland, Milosz said: "If everything inside you is agitation, hatred, and despair, write measured, perfectly calm sentences." That concept is applied in these essays to an extended analysis of what Milosz sees as the inevitable consequences of specific notions as represented in the writings of Defoe, Stendhal, Balzac, William James, Gide, and Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, among others. While the essays here reflect a "perfect calm," the accompanying contemporaneous exchange of letters between Milosz and Jerzy Andrzejewski expresses the raw feelings of "agitation, hatred, and despair," as experienced by these two close friends struggling to understand the proximate causes of this debacle of Western civilization, and the relevance, if any, of the teachings of the Catholic Church. Passionate, poignant, and compelling, Legends of Modernity provides deeply moving insight into the mind and emotions of one of the greatest writers of our time.…

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Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. First U.S. Edition. Four digit number penned on ffep.; translated by Madeline G. Levine; introduction by Jaroslaw Anders; 266pp.

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Condizione: very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. hbk 266pp dj slightly shelf worn and price clipped now in protective sleeve very good clean tight text.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 266 pp., xv. Wrappers with full front cover tinted Winter city-scene, a photo-illustration of a woman in winter apparel on street, facing away from reader toward a damaged building; black title box on top third front cover for author and title lettering in white letters. Notes to the Polish Edition, pp. 259-262; Notes to the English Edition, pp. 263-266. Tight binding (NO creases); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO previous owner names. Clean text. Unread. Article from The New Yorker by Adam Kirsch (May 29, 2017) laid in: "Pole Apart: The struggles of Czeslaw Milosz".…

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Condizione: as new. Translated from the Polish by Madeline G. Levine ; introduction by Jaroslaw Anders. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. Hardcover.Dustjacket. xvi, 266 p. ; 21 cm. - The Nobel Laureate reflects on his childhood in Nazi-occupied Poland and on the failure of Europe to avoid the catastrophic war and genocide of the 1930s and 1940s in a series of letters and essays that plumb the painful legacy of World War II. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9780374184995. Keywords : LITERARY CRITICISM, World War, 1939-1945.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover. Stated first American edition, 2005.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 266 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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