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Bolesław Leśmian – A Poet of the City (A Contribution to the Topic)

Author(s): Tomasz Wójcik
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Bolesław Leśmian; city; axiology; ontology; modernity

Summary/Abstract: The essay discusses the topic of the city in Bolesław Leśmian’s poetry. Readingvery few poems devoted to the city makes it possible to recognize thefragmentariness, dispersion and, in fact, absence of its image. The negativeaxiology and ontology of the city, expressed in Leśmian’s poetry, turns out to bean important contribution to understanding the fears and anxieties of modernity.

  • Issue Year: 470/2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 52-56
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Polish