Citizen Poet. A vision of Poland in Czesław Miłosz’s “Prologue”
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Keywords

political drama
intertextuality
patriotism
historical determinism

How to Cite

Bernacki, M. (2021). Citizen Poet. A vision of Poland in Czesław Miłosz’s “Prologue”. Bibliotekarz Podlaski, 49(4), 227–239. https://doi.org/10.36770/bp.553

Abstract

The subject for considerations is the vision of Poland contained in the Prologue – the only dramatic work by Czesław Miłosz, written during the occupation and published for the first time in “Pamiętnik Teatralny” only in 1981. The author envisions the Prologue as a testimony to raise awareness of Polish pre-war elites who counted on the rebirth of post-war Poland. He recites Miłosz’s drama as an example of intertextual work in which one can hear the reverberation of ancient, Renaissance and romantic pieces. He sees in it a record of the spiritual dilemmas of the future Nobel laureate, who had to choose between an attitude of a humanist and the temptation of totalitarianism, and also as an example of a work with universal, timeless ideological significance, speaking about the dilemmas of an individual colliding with theruthless forces of historical or political determinism. 

https://doi.org/10.36770/bp.553
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