Literatura homoseksualna: ontologia vs uznanie. Rec.: W. Śmieja, Literatura, której nie ma... T. Kaliściak, Katastrofy odmieńców
Homosexual Literature: Ontology Versus Recognition. A review: W. Śmieja, Literatura, której nie ma... T. Kaliściak, Katastrofy odmieńców

Summary/Abstract: The review discusses Wojciech Śmieja’s book „Literatura, której nie ma. Szkice o polskiej “literaturze homoseksualnej” (Absent Literature. Sketches about Polish “Homosexual Literature”)” and Tomasz Kaliściak’s book “Katastrofy odmieńców (Freak Catastrophies),” both of which refer to male homosexual representations in Polish 20th c. literature. As exemplified by those two books, the reviewer considers the issue of the burning questions on the definitions or, in the broader sense, homosexual literature ontology as well as the difference between gay studies and queer studies in the Polish context. In the context of homosexual literature the reviewer investigates the life and literary strategies of Józef Czechowicz and Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, both of them also analysed in the books in question.

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