Les Arcanes Explained

Published in 1927, Les Arcanes is the second of Oskar Milosz's two cosmological poems, the first being Ars Magna (1924).^{[1] [2]}

Upon the publication of Les Arcanes, Milosz declared that his poetic period was completed and that the "scientific" period of his work was beginning. Milosz wrote only one other poem, the short Le Psaume de l'étoile du matin, in 1938.

Notes and References

1. Book: Bédé. Jean Albert. Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature. Edgerton. William Benbow. 1980. Columbia University Press. 978-0-231-03717-4. 537. en.
2. Daniel. Vera J.. April 1980. Review of Lire Milosz aujourd'hui. The Modern Language Review. 75. 2. 410. 10.2307/3727722. 3727722. Les Arcanes, seen as Milosz's central work, relating the golden legend of man's origin and redolent of Eden before the distress of man's expulsion ….