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The Book that Did Not Want to Be a Biography: A Self-Commentary

Author(s): Jerzy Kandziora
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Jerzy Ficowski; writer’s roles; biography; Julian Tuwim; Papusza; song; Bruno Schulz; writer’s archive; prop-centered tale; winged tale

Summary/Abstract: In this article Kandziora comments on his book Poeta w labiryncie historii: Studia o pisarskich rolach Jerzego Ficowskiego [A Poet in the Labyrinth of History: Studies on Jerzy Ficowski’s Roles as a Writer]. He examines the fact that literary criticism may falsely be read as a traditional writer’s biography when it foregrounds research on the historical and social interactions that arise from the practice of writing in a given genre or on a given topic. Kandziora also discusses the role of archives in the production of his book, especially to reveal Ficowski’s figures and concepts of a writer and their influence on readers, evident in the letters they sent him.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 270-282
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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