Skamander i awangarda na ubitej ziemi
Skamander and Avant-Garde on the Firm Ground
On Karol Wiktor Zawodziński and Józef Czechowicz’s Argument
Author(s): Marcin CałbeckiSubject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Karol Zdzisław Zawodziński; Józef Czechowicz; Czechowicz's homosexuality
Summary/Abstract: The article is an account of a vigorous polemic between two important representatives of the Inter-war literary life, namely Karol Wiktor Zawodziński and Józef Czechowicz. It took place in the papers in the year 1935. On the surface, it referred to the issues connected with poetic criticism, but in consequence it led to personal accusations and almost ended with a duel. What remains in the background is the revealing of Czechowicz’s homosexuality which in the 1930s meant infamy and became the source of his grave personal problems. The article also allows to reconsider the picture of Polish Inter-War literary life. As it transpires, the representatives of the epoch’s elites were familiar with prejudice, disrelish and simple meanness.
Journal: Pamiętnik Literacki. Czasopismo kwartalne poświęcone historii i krytyce literatury polskiej
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 83-91
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Polish