Mr. Cogito (Modern European Poetry Series) [Hardcover]

Zbigniew Herbert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 21, 1993 | Series: Modern European Poetry Series

A collection of poems by the recipient of the Jerusalem Prize includes the full sequence of forty poems originally published in Pan Cogito.

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About Mr Cogito's Two Legs
The Abyss Of Mr Cogito
Caligula
The Envoy Of Mr Cogito
Georg Heym -- The Almost Metaphysical Adventure
Hakeldama
History Of The Minotaur
Houses Of The Outskirts
Late Autumnal Poem Of Mr Cogito Destined Women's Magazines
Meditations Of Mr Cogito On Redemption
Mother
Mr Cogito And A Poet Of A Certain Age
Mr Cogito And Pop
Mr Cogito And Pure Thought
Mr Cogito And The Movement Of Thoughts
Mr Cogito And The Pearl
Mr Cogito Considers Difference Between Human Voice & Nature
Mr Cogito Encounters A Statuette Great Mother In Louvre
Mr Cogito Laments The Pettiness Of Dreams
Mr Cogito Looks At A Deceased Friend
Mr Cogito Looks At His Face In The Mirror
Mr Cogito On Magic
Mr Cogito On Upright Attitudes
Mr Cogito Reads The Newspaper
Mr Cogito Seeks Advice
Mr Cogito Tells About The Temptation Of Spinoza
Mr Cogito Thinks Of Returning To The City Where He Was Born
Mr Cogito's Alienations
Mr Cogito's Game
Mr. Cogito Meditates On Suffering
Old Prometheus
Ordinariness Of The Soul
Remembering My Father
Sense Of Identity
Sequoia
Sister
Sometimes Mr Cogito Receives Strange Letters
Those Who Lost
To Take Objects Out
What Mr. Cogito Thinks About Hell
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Polish

Product Details

• Hardcover: 62 pages
• Publisher: Ecco; First Edition edition (August 21, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880013303
• ISBN-13: 978-0880013307
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,365,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Poet for the Twenty-First Century, January 3, 2000

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This review is from: Mr. Cogito (Modern European Poetry Series) (Hardcover)

I reread "Mr. Cogito" recently, and I realized that, as all good poetry, it has not aged. Mr. Cogito is an Everyman, and he offers companionship to readers regardless of their location in time and geography. His self-restraint is an admirable and comforting response to the bewildering abundance of contemporary culture, and his modesty and penchant for contemplation reassure us that "looking out for number one" is not the most important thing in life. Truly a timeless book of poetry.

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This review is from: Mr Cogito (Modern European Poetry) (Paperback)

This slim volume contains some of Herbert's best known poems. It is mainly a sequence of autobiographical poems touching on many aspects of Herbert's life. There are a few non-autobiographical poems and some short prose pieces. Ably translated or perhaps re-imagined by John and Bogdana Carpenter, these poems are distinguished by economical language and striking imagery. The best poems are wonderful and the cumulative impact of the sequence is remarkable.