Przeglądaj Czytanie Literatury. Łódzkie Studia Literaturoznawcze nr 08/2019 według tytułu
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Admiration in Place of Imitation: Four Medallions by Gustaw Herling-Grudziński
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The medallions devoted to Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Ribera are a major collection of texts within Gustaw Herling-Grudziński’s entire output. Through them, he proved that he was able to write a moving text about ... -
“And to be malicious and belligerent / And not to lose feminine features”: Zuzanna Ginczanka’s Satirical World
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The paper reflects on how Zuzanna Ginczanka, dubbed ‘Tuwim in a dress’ by Adam Ważyk, was finding her way – both as a woman and, above, as a poet – in the literary, cabaret world of Julian Tuwim, Jan Lechoń, or Antoni ... -
The Battle of the Skamander
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The article offers a reconstruction of the text-based fight between Adolf Nowaczyński and Antoni Słonimski. It was not, as it is argued here, only a contest of styles and temperaments – though this exchange proved one of ... -
Black Love: On the Colours of Feelings in “Confiteor” by Antoni Szandlerowski
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The imagination of Antoni Szandlerowski in his collection of letters to Helena Beatus (Confiteor), his beloved one, is dominated by black. The aim of this article is to show that this colour plays a major role in Confiteor ... -
Césure et sublime
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)Having written The Joke, Kundera changed the modus vivendi of the novel’s narrator who, with time, became a separate protagonist. This is connected with the appearance of the ellipsis as the main plot device, which is not ... -
Constellations of Stains: The Matter of Experiencing and the Measure of Writing in the Essays by Józef Czapski and Marta Piwińska
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)This text is an attempt at repaying the author’s debt (both as an academic intellectual and as a regular reader) towards two inspiring essayists: Marta Piwińska and Józef Czapski. From the latter, the author of the article ... -
A Container with an Insect Corpse: On Essays by Marek Bieńczyk
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The article contains considerations on Marek Bieńczyk’s literary output and his book Kontener, published in 2018. All essays from the volume manifest their autobiographical and literary character. The main aim of the paper ... -
The Controversy Surrounding Rev. Włodzimierz Kirchner’s Brochure [Challenging Poverty in Bałuty]
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)Włodzimierz Kirchner (1875-1970) – former priest, activist in the Łódź and Warsaw districts of the Christian Charity Association, he supported the efforts of the organisation by publishing articles on philanthropy. He was ... -
Editorial
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Essay as a Hydrofoil Boat: Reflections on Reading Jan Tomkowski’s Anthology of Polish Literary Essay
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The paper is a multifaceted and contextual attempt at discussing the anthology of Polish literary essay in the version proposed by Jan Tomkowski in the edition of Biblioteka Narodowa (Series I, no. 329). It is also an essay ... -
Essay as the Autobiographical Heresy
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)This article discusses the special kind of Holocaust essay which, on the one hand, remains in opposition to academic texts and, on the other, is a text which resembles an autobiography, and which reveals its author’s ... -
The Essays of Contaminated Landscapes
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The article presents an analysis of the essayistic knowledge about genocide. For this purpose, the author used works by Martin Pollack. Further, the article indicates the intertwining of two threads in Pollack’s prose. The ... -
Herstory in Young Adult Fiction by Joanna Rudniańska Based on the Examples of „Rok Smoka” and „Kotka Brygidy”
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The paper discusses young adult fiction by Joanna Rudniańska, whose works belong to the stream of non-conformist coming-of-age novels marked by experiences of exclusively teenage girls/women, developing in Poland since the ... -
How to Rise to Texts? On Joanna Pollakówna, an Essayist
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The paper focuses on the essayistic output of Joanna Pollakówna, a poet and a historian of art, an author of several books of sketches devoted to European painting. It draws attention to the necessity of reading her poetry ... -
Measures of Time of Literature. Review of Rafał Pokrywka’s book titled „Współczesna powieść niemieckojęzyczna”, Universitas, Kraków 2018
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The article is a discussion of a study by Rafał Pokrywka titled Współczesna powieść niemieckojęzyczna (Kraków 2018). The author of the study analysed selected works written at the turn of the 21st century, and – in an ... -
‘Meteor’ as the First Official Łódź-Based Literary Group
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The article is devoted to the first Łódź-based literary group called ‘Meteor’, which operated in 1928-1930. The author mainly focuses on providing a reliable discussion of the circumstances of the establishing of the group ... -
‘My Gaze as Sharp as a Pin / Penetrates the World’: The Colourful Dailiness in the Poetry of Zuzanna Ginczanka
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The aim of the paper is to present preliminary research results on the sight-centrism of the poetry written by Zuzanna Ginczanka. The author of the article draws attention to a paradox: it is the sight that is favoured in ... -
New Century – ‘New Essays’?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)This article constitutes an attempt at organising the non-conservative tendencies in Polish essays published in the 21st century, which apply to themes, the lowering of the tone, and forms of writing. One major stream is ... -
“A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral”. A Conversation with Marek Bieńczyk on Milan Kundera’s Works (Conducted by Olga Żyminkowska)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The interview with Marek Bieńczyk covers, in general, the subject of the philosophy of novel by Milan Kundera and the reception of his works nowadays in Poland and abroad. Marek Bieńczyk – the French translator of Milan ... -
„Panienka”, „Godzina Polski”, 1916: Irena Tuwim’s Literary Debut
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-12-30)The author of the article deals with the poetic newspaper debut of Irena Tuwim (1898-1987), an outstanding author and translator of children’s literature, but also a poet who is forgotten or read only on the margin of the ...