@article{b53b2c42-d8c3-47e5-89a5-a33ca2adde5b, author = {Tomasz Bilczewski}, title = {A Fly Trapped in Amber. On Czesław Miłosz’s America and His Imagination}, journal = {Przekładaniec}, volume = {Numery anglojęzyczne}, number = {Issue 25/2011– Between Miłosz and Milosz}, year = {2013}, issn = {1425-6851}, pages = {45-58},keywords = {Miłosz; America; spatial imagination; religious imagination}, abstract = {This article aims to examine selected historical contexts of Miłosz’s encounters with America. Its purpose is to demonstrate that the poet’s attitude towards the country where he spent many years of his adulthood and creative life was full of confl icts, paradoxes and contrasts. Early readings, a boyhood passion for discovering the laws and secrets of nature, and Romantic and modern literary traditions signifi cantly infl uenced both Miłosz’s perception of American landscapes and American culture, shaping new landscapes within him. The transformations of the speaking “I,” which the reader witnesses through Miłosz’s experiences with the New World, allow for an understanding of how his unique spatial imagination developed. This article also attempts to indicate areas where Miłosz searches for a solution to his disintegrated imagination, particularly in its religious dimension, while tackling the challenges and crises of modernity.  }, doi = {10.4467/16891864ePC.13.015.1204}, url = {https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/przekladaniec/artykul/a-fly-trapped-in-amber-on-czeslaw-miloszs-america-and-his-imagination} }