| Carnivorous Boy Carnivorous Bird: Poetry from Poland Contributor(s): Baran, Marcin (Editor), Skuciska, Anna (Editor), Wojcik-Leese, Elzbieta (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0939010720 ISBN-13: 9780939010721 Publisher: Zephyr Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Language: Polish Published: October 2002 Annotation: Since the lyric beginnings of Polish poetry, writers have been burdened with duties typically delegated to politicians, soldiers, priests, or journalists. The political, social, and cultural changes of the last decade have allowed Polish poets to cast off these burdens, and focus instead on individual expression and varied aesthetic movements," Carnivorous Boy Carnivorous Bird "focuses on the core group of this movement-poets born between 1958 and 1969. ." . . in a constant confusion of mystification and authenticity, distance and directness, representational skepticism and mimetic euphoria, game-playing and honesty, the poets presented here perform their informal, singular duties towards language and the human condition."-from the introduction by Marcin Baran |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Poetry | European - General |
| Dewey: 891.851 |
| LCCN: 2004100897 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.1" W x 8.94" (1.17 lbs) 335 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since the lyric beginnings of Polish poetry, writers have been burdened with duties typically delegated to politicians, soldiers, priests, or journalists. The political, social, and cultural changes of the last decade have allowed Polish poets to cast off these burdens, and focus instead on individual expression and varied aesthetic movements. Carnivorous Boy Carnivorous Bird focuses on the core group of this movement--poets born between 1958 and 1969. . . . in a constant confusion of mystification and authenticity, distance and directness, representational skepticism and mimetic euphoria, game-playing and honesty, the poets presented here perform their informal, singular duties towards language and the human condition.--from the introduction by Marcin Baran |