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The End and the Beginning (Koniec i poczatek)

Wislawa Szymborska (1923 -  ) is a Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet.  One of her poems is called “The End and the Beginning” (“Koniec i poczatek”), and in it she pointedly denounces warfare and tyranny.  This poem comes from Szymborska’s 1993 collection with that same title.  (Many comments concerning Szymborska’s work overall can be applied to this “The End and the Beginning” poem.)

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Term

• Szymborska, Wislawa (Books – Exact Phrase – East Campus)

Call Number for Browsing the Shelves

• PG7178 .Z9 A28 2001

Circulating Book – A Selected List

• Szymborska, Wislawa.  Miracle Fair.  2001.

                        Call Number:  PG7178 .Z9 A28 2001     *(See pages 1-4 and 48-49.)

Reference Materials

• Contemporary Literary Criticism. – Call Number:  REF PN771 .C59

o Volume 190, pages 296, 329

• Critical Survey of Poetry (4^th Ed.): European Poets. – Call Number:  REF PN1021 .C7 2011

o Volume 3, pages 1011-1013

Research Databases

To access Valencia’s research databases, open your Atlas account, select ‘Search the Library’, then select ‘Databases A-Z’.

• Academic Search Complete
• Literary Reference Center Plus
• Literature Resources from Gale
• Poetry & Short Story Reference Center (EBSCO) 

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check the LINCCWeb, Valencia East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.

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Last Revised November 21, 2021