Od Piotrusia Pana do Tajemnic motyli. Stefania Szuchowa, Zofia Rogoszówna, James Matthew Barrie i inni – historia (prawie) rodzinna
From Peter Pan to The Secrets of Butterflies: Stefania Szuchowa, Zofia Rogoszówna, James Matthew Barrie, and Others – (Almost) a Family Story

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to conduct a comparative analysis of intertextual filiations between a debut book of Polish writer Stefania Szuchowa, titled Tajemnice motyli [The Secrets of Butterflies] (1920), and James Matthew Barrie’s Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906) which first appeared in Poland in 1913 as Przygody Piotrusia Pana [Peter Pan’s Adventures] thanks to the translation by Zofia Rogoszówna. As an essential context to this study, the author of the paper presents an almost unknown biography of Szuchowa who debuted as a writer during the interwar period – a prolific and intensive time in Polish publishing for children, including both original and translated books. This analysis of intertextual relations connecting the works by Barrie and Szuchowa is supplemented by a comparative study of striking resemblances between Stefan Norblin’s illustrations to the first edition of Tajemnice motyli and Arthur Rackham’s graphics to Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.

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