Bocheński's Notorious Roman Trilogy: A Great Literary Classic: History, Essays, Fragments

The publication of each volume of Bocheński's Roman Trilogy proved to be an important literary and political event in the history of modern Eastern Europe. While its political role and fame served its sales and its popularity well (banned repeatedly by the regime, the books became each time a highly desirable contraband), it has perhaps overshadowed its great literary qualities.This commemorative volume, published to celebrate the publication of the Roman Trilogy in English contains scholarly articles on the Trilogy as well as a few fragments of each volume and is designed to introduce the ambitious reader to the subject of Bocheński studies.Table of Katarzyna Marciniak, VENI, VIDI, VERTI. JACEK BOCHEŃSKI’S GAMES WITH CENSORSHIPTom Pinch, READING DIVINE JULIUS, THEN AND NOWA fragment from DIVINE JULIUS (Would you like to become a god?)A fragment from DIVINE JULIUS (The Nile Cruise and the Monuments of Ramses II)Theodore Ziolkowski, A SKEPTICAL TOUR DE FORCEA fragment from NASO THE POET (The Entry of Corinna)A fragment from NASO THE POET ( The Feast of Achelous)Arkadiusz Morawiec, TIBERIUS ACCORDING TO JACEK BOCHEŃSKIA fragment from TIBERIUS CAESAR ( the Reader as Tiberius)A fragment from TIBERIUS CAESAR (The Transfer of Power)