{"product_id":"the-collected-poems-1956-1998-paperback","title":"The Collected Poems: 1956-1998 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZbigniew Herbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This impeccably, newly translated and edited volume finds Herbert, strongly anticommunist throughout his life, determined to resist the reduction of the human to anything easily measured, manipulated and forgotten...Tender, wary, melancholy and wry, the poems visit ideas of redemption as one might visit a grave site, i.e., knowing that what you seek can only be experienced in the heart and mind...Finally, the work of this powerful master of 20th-century literature is all in one place.\" - Publishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis outstanding new translation brings a uniformity of voice to Zbigniew Herbert's entire poetic output, from his first book of poems, \u003ci\u003eString of Light\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1956, to his final volume, previously unpublished in English, \u003ci\u003eEpilogue Of the Storm\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollected Poems: 1956-1998\u003c\/i\u003e, as Joseph Brodsky said of Herbert's \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, is \"bound for a much longer haul than any of us can anticipate.\" He continues, \"For Zbigniew Herbert's poetry adds to the biography of civilization the sensibility of a man not defeated by the century that has been most thorough, most effective in dehumanization of the species. Herbert's irony, his austere reserve and his compassion, the lucidity of his lyricism, the intensity of his sentiment toward classical antiquity, are not just trappings of a modern poet, but the necessary armor--in his case well-tempered and shining indeed--for man not to be crushed by the onslaught of reality. By offering to his readers neither aesthetic nor ethical discount, this poet, in fact, saves them frorn that poverty which every form of human evil finds so congenial. As long as the species exists, this book will be timely.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis outstanding new translation brings a uniformity of voice to Zbigniew Herbert's entire poetic output, from his first book of poems, \u003cem\u003eString of Light\u003c\/em\u003e, in 1956, to his final volume, previously unpublished in English, \u003cem\u003eEpilogue Of the Storm\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems: 1956-1998\u003c\/em\u003e, as Joseph Brodsky said of Herbert's \u003cem\u003eSSelected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, is \"bound for a much longer haul than any of us can anticipate.\" He continues, \"For Zbigniew Herbert's poetry adds to the biography of civilization the sensibility of a man not defeated by the century that has been most thorough, most effective in dehumanization of the species. Herbert's irony, his austere reserve and his compassion, the lucidity of his lyricism, the intensity of his sentiment toward classical antiquity, are not just trappings of a modern poet, but the necessary armor--in his case well-tempered and shining indeed--for man not to be crushed by the onslaught of reality. By offering to his readers neither aesthetic nor ethical discount, this poet, in fact, saves them frorn that poverty which every form of human evil finds so congenial. As long as the species exists, this book will be timely.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.64 x 9.02 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52839968866528,"sku":"9780060783952","price":19.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/S79wwPNWGI9780060783952.webp?v=1781180795","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-collected-poems-1956-1998-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}