„powiedz mnie pięknie / i bez reszty”. Dialog z Dalekim Wschodem we wszystkowierszach (2000) Krystyny Miłobędzkiej
“say me lovely / and completely”. Dialogue with the Far East in Krystyna Miłobędzka’s wszystkowiersze (2000)

Summary/Abstract: The validity of interpreting Krystyna Miłobędzka’s poetry in relation to the Far Eastern context has at times been questioned. Through juxtaposed analyses of poems and the main features of the traditional aesthetics of Japan and China, the author shows that the collection wszystkowiersze (2000) enters into dialogue with these aesthetics in three aspects. The first aspect is the materiality of notations, in which the contexts of concrete poetry and Eastern calligraphy coincide. The second is elusiveness, thematised in wszystkowiersze and central in Japanese aesthetics, notably in haiku. The third aspect is paradox, inherent to the poems and fundamental to Zen philosophy. Together, they form a complex set of connections, demonstrating the influence of the East on Miłobędzka’s poetry. The conclusions of the text can be useful in a more general study of Far Eastern inspirations in Polish poetry, as well as in considering the poetic forms that give meaning to the very matter of the text.

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