On the Outskirts of the Literature: The Portrait of Andrzej Roch Świętochowski – the Poet of Inherited Trauma Cover Image

Na obrzeżach literatury Portret Andrzeja Rocha Świętochowskiego – poety dziedziczonej traumy
On the Outskirts of the Literature: The Portrait of Andrzej Roch Świętochowski – the Poet of Inherited Trauma

Author(s): Mirosław Sosnowski
Subject(s): Sociology of Culture, Theory of Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Literackie im. Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Andrzej Roch Świętochowski; January Uprising; poetry of the second half of the 19th century; trauma;

Summary/Abstract: The article is a presentation of the silhouette of Andrzej Roch Świętochowski – geographer, art historian, tutor and private school teacher, long-time director of the Warsaw Fire Insurance Society, author of unpublished translations of Friedrich Schiller’s plays and original poetry, epic poetry; memoirs, and scientific dissertations. In the article the author analyzes and interprets one of the early poems by Świętochowski – The Prisoner’s dream in the context of Romantic tradition.

  • Issue Year: LII/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 165-178
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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