Melancholy in the later works of Tadeusz Różewicz
Melancholy in the later works of Tadeusz Różewicz

Summary/Abstract: It is indeed rare to consider Tadeusz Różewicz’s ‘lyrical Self’ as melancholic, but many interpreters and critics do point to the motif of ‘lack’ in Różewicz’s poetry. Naturally, not all lack must be related to melancholy: we speak of melancholy only when the loss breaks away from the object and attaches itself to the subject, becoming its integral part. In Różewicz’s poetry, however, from the beginning we can find yet another characteristic figure of melancholy. These problems are considered in this article on the basis of the later works of Tadeusz Różewicz in sections devoted to topics such as: the object of loss, the passage of time, ‘the birth and death of God’ as a double, the fundamental lack, the existence of the poet in ‘time’, ‘worthlessness’ and finally, the kulturkritik by Tadeusz Różewicz with a focus on repetition, melancholy and mourning.

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