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This volume brings together several studies on the writings of Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868-1927), one of the most important writers of Young Poland. The book also includes a supplement on the poetry of Zofia Wojnarowska. All the co-authors of the volume have explored Przybyszewski's work from different perspectives, placing it in many cultural contexts. Among the themes explored are the novel Children of Satan, the drama The Guests, Karol Irzykowski's statements about Przybyszewski, the opposition between bohemianism and dandyism (exemplified by Przybyszewski and Roman Jaworski), and Przybyszewski's views on Poznań culture. Przybyszewski was a writer appreciated in Germany and Scandinavia. He quickly became a leader of the Polish artistic avant-garde. In his works he dealt with the most important problems of modern culture at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The studies collected in this monograph show various aspects of his writing, which combined Polish and European perspectives.

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Author:   Ryszard Nycz ,  Marek Wedemann ,  Tomasz Sobieraj
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   39
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9783631940549

ISBN 10:   3631940548
Pages:   150
Publication Date:   30 January 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Tomasz Sobieraj & Wedemann ""I Do Not Describe"": The Role of Description in Stanislaw Przybyszewski's Aesthetic Views and Writing Practice Marek Wedemann What is the Setting of Stanislaw Przybyszewski's Chuldren of Satan? Destruction and Reconstruction of the Depicted World Marek Wedemann Stanislaw Przybyszewski's The Guests Tomasz Sobieraj Stanislaw Przybyszewski on Poznan's Cultural Potential Tomasz Sobieraj ""More of a Fairytale than Byronism"": Karol Irzykowski, Stanislaw Przybyszewski and the Egotistic History of Interwar Period Literature Marcin Jauksz Aesthetics of Ugliness Versus the Aesthetics of The Scream: The Savage Creations of Roman Jaworski and Stanislaw Przybyszewski Radoslaw Okulicz-Kozaryn The Lives of the Saints in Zofia Wojnarowska's Stained Glass Rozalia Wojkiewicz

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Tomasz Sobieraj is a historian of literature, professor at the Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology of Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan´, Poland. He studies the connections between literature, philosophy and science in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Marek Wedemann is a historian of literature, college professor at the Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology of Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan´. He studies polish literature and literary criticism in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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