Przy sublokatorskim oknie. O Oknie na tamtą stronę Władysława Szlengla
At the subtenant’s window. About Władysław Szlengel’s poem The window to the other side

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to remind the figure of the Polish-Jewish poet of the Warsaw Ghetto, Władysław Szlengel, and to show his complex identity. Considering the problem of the poet’s marginal presence in the canon of Polish culture, I attempt to reread his poem Okno na tamtą stronę, situating him within the context of romantic influences and other contemporary texts. The purpose of the reading is to better understand the identity of Szlengel as a representative of the Polish-Jewish intelligentsia, one of the generation of Jewish Kolumbowie, who suffered because of their marginalization and rejection in the culture they considered their own. I refer to this self-awareness, following Hanna Krall, as subtenant’s identity.

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