Published: 2021-05-13

The Catechist’s Sting: Czesław Miłosz’s Lost Apophrades

Jan Potkański Logo ORCID
Section: Explorations and Autopsies
https://doi.org/10.31261/Rana.2021.3.04

Abstract

The article interprets the changes in works and personality of Czesław Miłosz, in accordance with Harold Blooms model of agon between the poetic ephebe and his precursor. I pick up a discussion with the ealier Bloomian takes on Miłosz, which suggest that his most important teacher was Adam Mickiewicz. A careful analysis of Miłosz’s memoirs and ideological
declarations proves that the original influence, decisive on Miłosz’s whole future evolution, came from a catechist, Rev. Leopold Chomski, white other master figures in poet’s works were just remoulding the original teacher’s image.

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Potkański, J. (2021) “The Catechist’s Sting: Czesław Miłosz’s Lost <i>Apophrades</i>”;, Rana. Literatura - Doświadczenie - Tożsamość [Wound. Literature – Experience – Identity], (1 (3), pp. 1–20. doi: 10.31261/Rana.2021.3.04.

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Published: 2021-05-18


eISSN: 2719-5767
Ikona DOI 10.31261/rana

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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