Beschreibung
In this collection scholars in literature, translation, linguistics, philosophy and history share their readings of poetic expression from various ages. The result is a multi-disciplinary perspective that affords the reader the rare opportunity of being reminded of the many layers of the appeal and the pleasure of poetry.
Inhalt
Contents: Terence McCarthy: Some Thoughts on the Language of Devotion at the Edges of the Canon – Hans-Jürgen Diller:
in Renaissance Poetry - and in «Google Books» – Mariusz Misztal: Richard the Lion-Heart’s Conquest of Cyprus and its Presentation in the Versified
– Anieszka Romanowska: Shakespeare’s Poetry as a Vehicle for Theatrical Potential – Teresa Ba?uk-Ulewiczowa: The Bard’s Untranslatability. A Study of Inherent Barriers to Translation in the Traditions of Shakespeare Reception in Neighbouring European Languacultures – Monika Coghen: «For he is a mixture of gravity and waggery». Cats in Eighteenth-Century British Poetry – Magdalena Bleinert: «A Great Store of Information». Poetry and Jane Austen’s Heroines – Barbara Sosie?: Romantic Chimeras. On a Few Sonnets by Gérard de Nerval – Marta Gibi?ska: «To reach the eternal shore». Emile Bronte’s and Emily Dickinson’s Metaphysical Anguish – Andrzej Pawelec: The Somatic Approach to Poetry – Anna Walczuk: Logos and Words. The Spiritual Realm in the Poetry of T.S. Eliot – Christoph Houswitschka: Writing the Heart of Europe in Exile. Klaus Mann’s American Publication Projects – El?bieta Chrzanowska-Kluczewska: «Remembrance of Things Past». The Lost Landscapes of Marcel Proust and Czes?aw Mi?osz – Michal Palmowski: Thomas Merton’s Religious Poetry. «Elegy for the Monastery Barn» as a Reflection of New Christian Consciousness – Bo?ena Kuca?a: «Not transfigured». Failed Epiphanies in Geoffrey Hill’s Poetry – Robin Davidson: Mr. Schmetterling Meets Mr. Cogito. Ewa Lipska’s Response to Zbigniew Herbert – El?bieta Tabakowska: The Poetry of Prose. Those Excessive Personal Pronouns, They Matter. Inhaltsverzeichnis
