Private Little Things. Familiarizing Death in the Lyric Poetry of Zbigniew Herbert Cover Image

Prywatne małe rzeczy. Oswajanie śmierci w liryce Herberta
Private Little Things. Familiarizing Death in the Lyric Poetry of Zbigniew Herbert

Author(s): Krystyna Jakowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Polish poetry; privacy; everyday life; object; death

Summary/Abstract: Looking at the images of death, dying and afterlife in Herbert’s poetry allows us to acknowledge the function of personal as a means of escaping the terrors of death. This consoling privacy reveals itself in the commonality of the language and, above all, in recognizing the meaning of insignificant everyday objects.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 7-20
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish