num_pages: 176
description: In Still Life with a Bridle, poet and essayist Zbigniew Herbert takes an intriguing look at the cultural, artisitic, and aesthetic legacy of 17th-century Holland. These sixteen essays reveal Herbert's discriminating artistic eye and poetic sensibility, one that revels in irony, humor, and a satirist's appreciation of the absurd. An inveterate museum-goer, he focuses on the art of the Dutch masters, using it as a stepping-off point for a thoroughly individual and entertaining examination of the foibles, genius, and character of the Dutch people as a whole. The result is an unorthodox and revealing glimpse into the past that gives us a keener understanding not only of a distant people, but of ourselves as well.
language: English
title: Still Life with a Bridle: Essays and Apocryphas
titlecomplete: Still Life with a Bridle: Essays and Apocryphas
genres: Favorites, History, Travel, Polish Literature, Poland, Literature, Essays, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 319
publisher: Ecco Press