Dialog Miłosza z Mickiewiczem

The author asserts that a dialogue between Miłosz and Mickiewicz sheds light not only on the great Polish Romantic, and even Polish Romanticism as such, but also on the personality of the author of The Land of Ulro. It is a difficult and full of contradictions dialogue, that used to be interpreted in relation to the uneasy history of the 20th century. The author of the article does not attempt to weaken the role of historical events in Miłosz’s spiritual evolution; she underlines, however, such aspects of his dialogue with Mickiewicz that reveal the deepest similarities and are not subjected to changeable interests. That is how Miłosz’s hesitations can be understood, as his disputes with Mickiewicz are time-bound, but both poets meet also in timeless sphere.