Modernizowanie pozytywizmu
Modernising the Positivism

Summary/Abstract: Review of Ewa Paczoska’s book 'Dojrzewanie, dojrzałość, niedojrzałość. Od Bolesława Prusa do Olgi Tokarczuk' [‘Maturation, Maturity, Immaturity. From Bolesław Prus to Olga Tokarczuk], sic! publishers, Warsaw 2004. The book approaches the theme of maturation, or adolescence, as a very broad concept, not only conceptually or thematically, but also chronologically. She is keen on literature of the Positivist and Modernist ages, as a space where two generations have met, sharing much of their biographical, cultural, social, and, especially, existential experiences. The publication sets forth new directions of research, interpretation, search and discussion. Most importantly, however, does it bring Positivism, that lost sequential element of modernity, back to a broad cultural awareness and a specialist literary afterthought.

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