This book is one of the most valuable studies of the work of Czesław Miłosz...
This book is one of the most valuable studies of the work of Czesław Miłosz. A lively essay written in an innovative language, it describes Miłosz's literary and extra-literary encounters with Romanticism, his discussions and debates with Polish culture and the most salient aspects of its heritage. In it you will find answers to questions on Miłosz's attitude to the great Polish Romantic poets, why he doesn't like Juliusz Słowacki but loves Adam Mickiewicz, how he was taught about Romanticism at school, why he was critical of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, and what annoyed him in the young people's revolt of the 1960's.
Elżbieta Kiślak is an academic of the Institute for Literary Research (IBL) of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and her chief interest is Romantic literature.
- Elżbieta Kiślak
Jacob's Battle with the Angel. The Position of Czeslaw Milosz on Romanticism / Walka Jakuba z Aniołem. Czesław Miłosz wobec romantyczności
Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa 2001
translation rights: Elżbieta Kiślak, rights available
162 x 232, 432 pages, paperback
ISBN 83-7255-153-7