Kelionė į pasaulio centrą: prarastojo vaikystės pasaulio vaizdiniai ankstyvojoje Czesławo Miłoszo ir Alfonso Nykos-Niliūno poezijoje

ENThe literary critic Vainius Bakas examines features of the myth of the lost Paradise in the early works of Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004) and Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas (b. 1919). He analyses similarities in their poetic mentalities, and perceives the uniting theme of the constantly recurring motif of a lost Paradise. The article gives biographical details and reflections of individual experience, gathered from discussions, essays and diaries. It raises the question of the self-identification of the creative subject, and explains how the experience of the myth of the lost Paradise is understood and conveyed in poetry.