Cynthia L. Havenová je autorkou viacerých kníh a prispievateľkou popredných svetových literárnych časopisov. Jej tvorba sa často zameriava na skúmanie života a diela významných básnikov, vrátane nositeľov Nobelovej ceny. Havenová sa vyznačuje hlbokým porozumením literárnym tradíciám a schopnosťou predstaviť zložité myšlienky čitateľom zrozumiteľnou formou. Jej eseje a knihy ponúkajú pútavý pohľad do sveta poézie a literatúry.
Milosz survived the Soviet invasion of his beloved Lithuania, escaped to Nazi-occupied Warsaw where he joined the Socialist resistance, then witnessed the Holocaust and the razing of the Warsaw Ghetto. After persecution and censorship triggered his defection in 1951, he found not relief but the anguish of solitude and obscurity
René Girard (1923–2015) was one of the leading thinkers of our era—a provocative sage who bypassed prevailing orthodoxies to offer a bold, sweeping vision of human nature, human history, and human destiny. His oeuvre, offering a “mimetic theory” of cultural origins and human behavior, inspired such writers as Milan Kundera and J. M. Coetzee, and earned him a place among the forty “immortals” of the Académie Française. Too often, however, his work is considered only within various academic specializations. This first-ever biographical study takes a wider view. Cynthia L. Haven traces the evolution of Girard’s thought in parallel with his life and times. She recounts his formative years in France and his arrival in a country torn by racial division, and reveals his insights into the collective delusions of our technological world and the changing nature of warfare. Drawing on interviews with Girard and his colleagues, Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard provides an essential introduction to one of the twentieth century’s most controversial and original minds.
Czeslaw Milosz, one of the greatest poets and thinkers of the past hundred years, is not generally considered a Californian. But the Nobel laureate spent four decades in Berkeley--more time than any other single place he lived--and he wrote many of his most enduring works there. This is the first book to look at his life through a California lens. Filled with original research and written with the grace and liveliness of a novel, it is both an essential volume for his most devoted readers and a perfect introduction for newcomers.Milosz was a premier witness to the sweep of the twentieth century, from the bombing of Warsaw in World War II to the student protests of the sixties and the early days of the high-tech boom. He maintained an open-minded but skeptical view of American life, a perspective shadowed by the terrors he experienced in Europe. In the light of recent political instability and environmental catastrophe, his poems and ideas carry extra weight, and they are ripe for a new generation of readers to discover them. This immersive portrait demonstrates what Milosz learned from the Golden State, and what Californians can learn from him.
A Note on Peter Dale --A Note on Cynthia Haven --The Conversation --Four Poems by Peter Dale And There Was Light --Lead --Oriel --Soliloquy.
René Girard's profound insights challenge cultural skepticism towards the Gospel, revealing the transformative power of Christian revelation. His personal account of conversion, intertwined with his academic contributions, positions him as a pivotal figure in contemporary theology. The description suggests that Girard's work may earn him recognition as a significant Church Father in future centuries, highlighting his impact on both faith and intellectual discourse.