Rescue
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Rescue is a poetry collection by Nobel Prize–winning Polish writer Czesław Miłosz, reflecting on war, morality, and the human condition in the aftermath of World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| addresses |
limits of language in describing trauma
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relationship between individual and history ⓘ religious and philosophical questions ⓘ |
| author | Czesław Miłosz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorAwardedNobelPrizeInLiterature | 1980 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland ⓘ |
| depicts |
experiences of World War II
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occupation and violence ⓘ |
| explores |
moral ambiguity in times of war
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responsibility of witnesses to history ⓘ tension between faith and doubt ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ethical responsibility
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memory of wartime atrocities ⓘ survival and guilt ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
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war poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthor |
Polish poet
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essayist ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNobelPrize | Nobel Prize in Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
contributes to literary memory of World War II
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important work of postwar Polish poetry ⓘ |
| historicalContext | aftermath of World War II ⓘ |
| language | Polish ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
20th-century Polish literature
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postwar literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
human condition
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morality ⓘ war ⓘ |
| period | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| reflectsAuthorExperience |
life under totalitarian regimes
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war-torn Europe ⓘ |
| relatedWorkAuthor |
Selected Poems
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The Captive Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ The World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone |
meditative
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moral ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
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