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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the entirety of Wisława Szymborska’s poetic oeuvre. The author employs in-depth historical reflection on Szymborska’s beginnings to reveal that – without describing her post-war beginnings and reflecting on her early entanglement in socialist realist newspeak – Szymborska’s mature anti-dogmatic attitude will remain unclear. The book shows how Szymborska’s rhetoric and stylistics – figures of reservation, negation, contradiction, tautology, and repetition – are closely connected with the construction of the poetic world and affect the shape of her messages. After all, Wisława Szymborska is a poet of sophisticated wit, a surprising freedom of expression, and an unusual game with various literary styles, even with colloquial Polish.



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Wisława Szymborska – Poetry – Socialist realism – Newspeak – Anti-dogmatic attitude – Reservation – Negation – Contradiction – Tautology – Repetition – Wit – Games with literary styles

World under Revision: The Poetry of Wisława

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/08/2019
      ISBN13: 9783631676042, 978-3631676042
      ISBN10: 3631676042

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book provides a comprehensive overview of the entirety of Wisława Szymborska’s poetic oeuvre. The author employs in-depth historical reflection on Szymborska’s beginnings to reveal that – without describing her post-war beginnings and reflecting on her early entanglement in socialist realist newspeak – Szymborska’s mature anti-dogmatic attitude will remain unclear. The book shows how Szymborska’s rhetoric and stylistics – figures of reservation, negation, contradiction, tautology, and repetition – are closely connected with the construction of the poetic world and affect the shape of her messages. After all, Wisława Szymborska is a poet of sophisticated wit, a surprising freedom of expression, and an unusual game with various literary styles, even with colloquial Polish.



      Table of Contents

      Wisława Szymborska – Poetry – Socialist realism – Newspeak – Anti-dogmatic attitude – Reservation – Negation – Contradiction – Tautology – Repetition – Wit – Games with literary styles

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