The sound of modern Polish poetry : performance and recording after World War II / Aleksandra Kremer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kremer, Aleksandra, 1986- author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miłosz, Czesław.

Szymborska, Wisława.

Szymborska, Wisława.

Herbert, Zbigniew.

Tuwim, Julian, 1894-1953.

Tuwim, Julian.

Kamieńska, Anna.

Przyboś, Julian, 1901-1970.

Przyboś, Julian.

Przyboś, Julian, 1901-1970.

Białoszewski, Miron.

Wat, Aleksander.

Świrszczyńska, Anna.

Różewicz, Tadeusz.

Różewicz, Tadeusz.

Polish poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

Polish poetry.

Oral interpretation of poetry.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"The Sound of Modern Polish Poetry unearths recordings from Polish poets such as Czeslaw Miłosz, Wisława Szymborska, and Zbigniew Herbert. Analyzing their singular performance styles, Aleksandra Kremer argues that twentieth-century Polish artists developed new aesthetics of reading and novel concepts of the poetic self"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Postwar Currents

Julian Tuwim and the Evolution of Polish Poetic Culture

2. Intonation in Exile

Czestaw Milosz's English Translations

3. Home Literary Salons

Visiting Miron Biatoszewski and Wislawa Szymborska

4. Taped Farewells

Elegiac Recordings by Aleksander Wat, Zbigniew Herbert, Anna Kamiennska, and Anna Swir

5. Unbeautiful Readings

Tadeusz Rozewicz against Julian Przybos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780674261112

0674261119

OCLC:

1251739497