THE MESSAGE OF ZBIGNIEW HERBERT

From the Editors - Poetry and Transcending the Horizons

J o h n P a u l II - Beauty and Mystery (extracts from the Letter to Artists)

 

TRANSCENDENCE OF BEAUTY

Card. Carlo M.  M a r t i n i - What Beauty Will Save the World?

Stefan  S a w i c k i - On the Essence and Essential Features of Poetry

Wojciech  C h u d y - Art and the Problem of Its Being Truthful or Deceitful

 

GOD AND POETRY

Jadwiga  P u z y n i n a - Herbert's Heaven

Tomasz  G a r b o l - Some Pure Bars

Maciej  N o w a k - "a step towards my imperfect metaphysics." Herbert and Liturgy

 

BEAUTY IN THE FACE OF SUFFERING

Fr. Jan  S o c h o ń - The Poet's God

Lesław  H o s t y ń s k i - Herbert's "Metaphysics of Beauty" and the Philosophy of Henryk Elzenberg

 

UPHOLDING THE VALUES

Zdzisław  N a j d e r - The Fatherland and the Nation in the Poetry of Zbigniew Herbert

Jan  P r o k o p - Report from a Besieged City, as Seen after (Almost) Twenty Years

Adam  C z e r n i a w s k i - Fortinbras or Hamlet? or on the Autonomy of Poetry

Józef  F e r t - Mister Cogito's Hala, or Anything Can Be Sold

Piotr S i e m a s z k o - Beauty as an Answer. On Herbert's Fascination with Painting

 

INTERVIEWS OF THE "ETHOS"

Christianity and Culture. Fr. Alfred  W i e r z b i c k i  talks to Abp. Józef  Ż y c i ń s k i

 

THINKING ABOUT THE FATHERLAND...

Lech  C h m i e l e w s k i - Condemned to Death and Doomed to Oblivion

 

NOTES AND REVIEWS

Wojciech  K r u s z e w s k i - Zbigniew Herbert as a Poetic Authority (review of D. Opacka-Walasek's "...pozostał wiernym niepewnej jasności." Wybrane problemy poezji Zbigniewa Herberta, Katowice 1996)

Wacław  P y c z e k - Attempts at Comprehending Herbert (review of Poznawanie Herberta, selection and introduction by A. Franaszek, Kraków 1998; Poznawanie Herberta 2, selection and introduction by A. Franaszek, Kraków 2000)

Maria  C y r a n o w i c z - Herbert's Inedited Works (review of "Zeszyty Literackie" Nos. 68(1999), 69(2000), 70(2000) devoted to Z. Herbert)

Agnieszka  B i e l a k - Interpretations and Unrestrictedness (review of M. Adamiec's  "....Pomnik trochę niezupełny..." Rzecz o apokryfach i poezji Zbigniewa Herberta, Gdańsk 1996)

Małgorzata  K i t o w s k a - Ł y s i a k - Art in the Context of Religion (review of D. K. Łuszczek's, OSPPE, Inspiracje religijne w polskim malarstwie i grafice 1981-1991, Warszawa 1998)

P r o p o s a l s o f t h e "E t h o s"

 

REPORTS

Tomasz  G a r b o l - Approaching Herbert (report on the exhibition "Zbigniew Herbert. Epilogue of the Storm" held in the A. Mickiewicz Museum of Literature, 17 Mar.-31Dec. 2000, and on the exhibition "Zbigniew Herbert. A Feeling Stone" held in the Local Museum in the Sandomierz Castle, 1 Mar.-31 Aug. 2000)

 

PONTIFICATE IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD

Leonard  G ó r k a, SVD - A Pilgrimage to the Roots and Origins of Faith. John Paul II in Egypt (24-26 Feb. 2000), in Jordan, and in Israel-Palestine (20-26 March 2000)

 

THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE ETHOS

Cezary  R i t t e r - To Return to the Origins of Solidarity

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

A Bibliography of Karol Wojtyła's Literary Works and Literary Criticism (by Maria  F i l i p i a k)

Notes about the Authors

Summary