Displaying 1 of 1 1983 Format: Book Author: Miłosz, Czesław. Title: The witness of poetry / Czeslaw Milosz. Publisher, Date: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1983. Description: 121 pages ; 24 cm Summary: Essays discuss the isolation of the poet, the tension between classicism and realism, the impact of reductionism, and the state of poetry in Europe. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton lectures ; 1981-1982 Charles Eliot Norton lectures ; 1981-1982. Subjects: Poetry. Literature and society. Genre: Poetry. Notes: Includes index. Also issued online. Includes one poem in Polish (with translation). Contents: Starting from my Europe -- Poets and the human family -- The lesson of biology -- A quarrel with classicism -- Ruins and poetry -- On hope. Web Site: Table of contents French equivalent / Équivalent français LCCN: 82015471 ISBN: 0674953827 9780674953826 0674953835 9780674953833 Other Number: 8728426 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 28639 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 809.1 Milosz Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1