Search for: [Abstract = "The investigation into these issues often leads to unforeseen solutions that are paradoxical in their nature. The theme of the \"second homeland\" on Earth is linked to the existential and eschatological theme of the \"second homeland\" in the world of transcendence. While Barańczak's pre\-emigration poetry already evokes such associations, they are enhanced in his \"American\" poems. The view of America they present may disappoint the readers \- couched in philosophical terms, it confounds the expected enchantment with modernity and prosperity."]