Across the River: On the Poetry of Mak Dizdar

Contents

Contents Preface ix Part I. The Text beyond the Text: Stone Sleeper (Kameni spavač) in the Light of the Perennial Philosophy Prologue 3 1. The Poet 7 2. Roads 15 3. The Word 21 4. Man 29 5. Heaven 35 6. Earth 43 7. The City 50 8. The Praised 57 9. The House 65 10. Judgment 72 11. I and You 79 12. Incompleteness 86 13. Message 94 Epilogue 101 viii / Contents Part II. Across Water: A Message on Realization Prologue 107 1. Introduction 112 2. Nobody Knows 117 3. Beyond the Hills 122 4. From Noon to Night 128 5. Across the Haws 134 6. Beyond all Mind 140 7. Down There Below 146 8. From Depth to Depth 152 9. To Where the Cock-Crow Is Not Heard 158 10. From Good to Bad 164 11. Wide and Deep 171 12. A Hundred Winters 177 13. About Its Length 183 14. A Dark Blue River 189 15. We Need to Cross 194 Epilogue: The Perfect Man 200 Annexes A. The Poet 207 B. Coagulation 212 Notes 217 Bibliography 241 Index 247 ...