Kot trąbi w srebrny róg... O poezji Lennarta Hellsinga i ludowych źródłach jej muzyczności
The Cat Blows in the Silver Horn... On Lennart Hellsing’s Poetry, and Its Folk-inspired Musicality

Summary/Abstract: The literary works of Lennart Hellsing have had a significant impact on the rise of modern Swedish books for children. Having worked closely with outstanding illustrators and eminent composers, the author created an ultimate masterpiece which, at the same time, became an alternative to the aesthetics of the turn of the century, still dominant in the 1940s. Turning towards the new did not mean that the author wished to cut off his works from tradition. This article aims at presenting how Lennart Hellsing used rhythmical, syntactical and melodic struc-tures originating in Swedish folklore on different levels of his literary achievements. A very special place in Hellsing’s writing was occupied by the folk song, which in his works was also present in a network of intertextual ties.

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