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Muszla, biografia słowa, blizna
Shell, biography of the word, scar

Author(s): Jerzy Madejski
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: autobiography; biography; portrait; life-writing

Summary/Abstract: The author exposes the fundamental dilemmas of the contemporary literary biography. By reminding the words by Czesław Miłosz from his Abecadło presents the essence of the 20th century biography. He also points to the essential transformations within life-writing practices in reference to the newest texts among which one can find ecocritical writing as well as other forms.

  • Issue Year: 7/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 7-13
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish
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