Zatrzymani w stylu. O książkach wspomnieniowych Czesława Zgorzelskiego
Held in Style. On Czesław Zgorzelski’s and Irena Sławińska’s Memoir Books

Summary/Abstract: Two autobiographical books by distinguished literary scholars, Czesław Zgorzelski’s “Przywołane z pamięci (Recalled from Memory)” and Irena Sławińska’s “Szlakami moich wód… (Tracking My Waters...)” are made the subject of the article. The books stand out in comparison to memoirism by Polish literary researchers as, on the one hand, they present quite similar fortunes of characters, and, on the other hand, in the form of expression the writers create suggestive and dissimilar images of figures. Analysing the composition, style, and language of the books, Fitas shows that what the authors delivered are not only a fact-collecting accounts of life but also literary pieces. “Recalled from Memory” in a classical style and ordered with reverence memoir saves the figure of a conscientious literary historian, the author of meticulous analyses and editor, while ‘Tracking My Waters...” in an essayistic style portrays one of the most brilliant drama experts and poetry interpreters.

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