Patronized Saints: The Cult of The Artist in Poland's Illustrated Weekly Cover Image
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Patronized Saints: The Cult of The Artist in Poland's Illustrated Weekly
Patronized Saints: The Cult of The Artist in Poland's Illustrated Weekly

Author(s): Beth Holmgren
Subject(s): Media studies, Social Philosophy, Culture and social structure , Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Sociology of Culture
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Polish culture; caricature of the Mass of Polish national pride; Witold Gombrowicz; Illustrated Weekly;

Summary/Abstract: One of the most idiosyncratic and astute interpreters of things Polish, Witold Gombrowicz was adept at drawing the absurdist outlines of Polish culture, and his scene above--one of the first episodes in his Diary-reiterates his lifelong caricature of the Mass of Polish national pride. For the self-exiled antiromantic Gombrowicz, this cult of national genius and litany of world-class accomplishments made a shameful display that could only expose his compatriots as "the poor relations of the world, who try to impress themselves and others." [...]

  • Issue Year: 10/1996
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 416-438
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: English
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