„Świętość jest straszna”. Poszukiwanie transcendencji w Mieście Heroda Marii Kuncewiczowej
„Sanctity is scary”. Seeking for transcendence in The City of Herod: Palestinian Notes by Maria Kuncewiczowa

Summary/Abstract: The article written by Barbara Szymczak-Maciejczyk delivers an analysis of Maria Kuncewicz’s book The City of Herod: Palestinian Notes. The Polish writer describes her trip, and pilgrimage at the same time, to the Holy Land where she was invited by the PEN Club in 1936. The text addresses several issues. There is a fascination with traveling to a foreign country with a different culture, which Kuncewicz writes down as colorful and interesting; there is also a need to experience transcendence, referring to the writer’s religiousness and the desire of her ancestors to visit the Holy Land. The author of the article examines the sacrum of Jerusalem and surrounding places related to the Biblical events and the need to meet God. There is also the question of how the penetration of three cultures affects Kuncewicz’s experience of transcendence.

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