Sights of gothic cathedrals in Zygmunt Krasiński’s letters are proves of his great and deep fascination of medieval times. Following the examples of Goethe, Chateaubriand, and Friedrich he defines beauty of gothics ...

The main purpose of this article is to show the general development of Władysław Sebyła’s works in his next tomes Pieśni szczurołapa (Song o f the ratcatcher), Koncert egotyczny (Egotic concert). Obrazy myśli (Views o f ...

The article deals with the question whether the poetic representation of the concert in the verse “Mochnacki” by Jan Lechoń is probable. There is some doubt about one of the elements making the world pictured in the verse ...

The article is an attempt to place Czesław Miłosz in the tradition of Gnosticism and Manichaeism, to recall the Nobel Prize winner’s literary fascinations which have especially influenced his poetry, as well as to show ...

In her books Szymborska touches many divcrte subjects but it is easy to notice her predilection for some topics with which she deals in her successive books of poems. Unplanned haphazard happenings, their category and ...

In the article, composed of two parts with the titles Spektakl modernistyczny czy seans spirytystyczny? (A modernist spectacle or a spiritistic seance?) and Dlaczego Słowacki niszczy konterfekt księcia Józefa? (Why does ...

The article is an attempt to outline a long-neglected issue and relate a general category, usually placed outside the achievements of “traditional” art, to stricte literary phenomena. The first chapter, Na tropach kiczu ...

The aim ol' the article is to draw attention to an important, though frequently left out, aspect of Miron Białoszewskim works, namely their spiritual quality. The expression duch (the spirit), dech - tchu (the spirit o ...

The present article is to recall the general principles of J. M. Rymkiewicz’s classicism and to stress those of his theses that roused a lot of controversies among critics (diagnosis of the culture crisis, time conception, ...

This article is a short presentation of God existance in Julian Tuwim’s works. In the early period of Julian Tuwim literal output, in juveniles and Czyhanie na Boga (Wailing fo r God), Sokrates tańczący (Dancing Socrates), ...