Mickiewicz i Lelewel – nowe spojrzenie, czyli o próbie zbliżenia literatury i historiografii
Mickiewicz and Lelewel – a New Glance or an Attempt to Liken Literature and Historiography

Review: Danuta Zawadzka, Lelewel i Mickiewicz. Paralela. Białystok 2013

Summary/Abstract: The review contains an investigation of Danuta Zawadzka’s monograph "Lelewel i Mickiewicz. Paralela" ("Lelewel and Mickiewicz. A Parallel") (here referred to as “outstanding”) focused on most crucial and undertaken in most exploratory manner issues gathered in the comprehensive volume. The reviewer remarks on the interdisciplinary character of the study, namely on the mingling of historiography and history of literature, narrativism and history of ideas, postcolonial studies and memory studies. He also emphasises a large span of problems discussed in the book, which reveal, inter alia, Mickiewicz’s and Lelewel’s approach to truth in history research, their understanding Polish national identity and perception of Lithuanian historical heritage, as well as many various questions which prove vital from the viewpoint of history of Polish Romanticism and 19th century historiography.

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