This article describes the use of romantic elements in Orbitowski and Urbaniuk’s criminal novel, Tancerz (Dancer). It also shows how the authors of the pop-cultural story enrich the plot, language and poetry thanks by ...

The article considers writing strategies that reconstruct the past and are present in latest Polish crime novels. Among functions catered by crime novels whose storylines are set in 19th century play various functions such ...

This article addresses the question of Walery Przyborowski’s pioneering status in the Polish crime prose of the 19th century. On the basis of a comparison between Przyborowski’s novels such as The Acacia Leaf and The Black ...

Suicide. Carpathian novel by Władysław Sabowski is considered to be the first mod­ern Polish crime fiction. It focuses on crime, but there is no riddle or a way leading to the solution of the mystery. The suspense intertwines ...

Piknik pod Wiszącą Skałą, napisana w poł. lat sześćdziesiątych powieść Joan Lindsay, jest w Australii dziełem kultowym o wielu interpretacjach. Jedną z nich jest adaptacja filmowa Petera Weira, która – zwłaszcza dla odbiorcy ...

In contemporary Polish literature, crime stories whose plot is set in the pre-war Poland or earlier have become increasingly popular. Taking into consideration the fact that the second Republic of Poland was a multinational ...