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Epiphanies of the Exiles: Exile from the Heritage of Tradition
Epiphanies of the Exiles: Exile from the Heritage of Tradition

Author(s): Tomasz Garbol
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: literature as epiphany; exile; modernism; James Joyce; Czesław Miłosz; Zbigniew Herbert

Summary/Abstract: The Polish version of the article was published in Roczniki Humanistyczne vol. 61, issue 2 (2014). The article is concerned with the function of the experience of exile that is a model for literary epiphanies. The starting point is showing the significance of this experience in James Joyce’s presentation of the epiphany that is formative for modern literature. Examples from Czesław Miłosz’s and Zbigniew Herbert’s works are material for interpreting two important reinterpretations of the epiphany based on the experience of exile.

  • Issue Year: 67/2019
  • Issue No: 1SP
  • Page Range: 5-19
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English