Sounds, feelings, thoughts
Subtitle: seventy poems
By: by Wisława Szymborska ; translated and introduced by Magnus J. Krynski and Robert A. Maguire.
Contributors: Krynski, Magnus J., 1922-; Maguire, Robert A., 1930-
Series: The Lockert library of poetry in translation
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng; pol
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Szymborska, Wisława -- Translations into English.
Description: Translated and Introduced by Magnus J. Krynski and Robert A. Maguire Regarded as one of the best representatives since World War II of the rich and ancient art of poetry in Poland, Wislawa Szymborska (b. 1923) is, in the translators' words, "that rarest of phenomena: a serious poet who commands a large audience in her native land." The seventy poems in this bilingual edition are among the largest and most representative offering of her work in English, with particular emphasis on the period since 1967. They illustrate virtually all her major themes and most of her important techniques. Describing Szymborka's poetry, Magnus Krynski and Robert Maguire write that her verse is marked by high seriousness, delightful inventiveness, a prodigal imagination, and enormous technical skill. She writes of the diversity, plenitude, and richness of the world, taking delight in observing and naming its phenomena. She looks on with wonder, astonishment, and amusement, but almost never with despair. --Publisher.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 213-214.
Selected poems, translated from the Polish.