Private Little Things. Familiarizing Death in the Lyric Poetry of Zbigniew Herbert
Krystyna Jakowska
Wydział Filologiczny Uniwersytet w Białymstokuhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9344-9752
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 theterrors ofdeath.Thisconsolingprivacyrevealsitselfinthecommonality of the language and, above all, in recognizing the meaning of insignificant everyday objects.
Keywords:
Polish poetry, privacy, everyday life, object, deathReferences
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Wydział Filologiczny Uniwersytet w Białymstoku https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9344-9752
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