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