Między nauką a mitem. Poetycka astronomia w twórczości Edwarda Stachury
Between Science and Myth. Poetic Astronomy in Edward Stachura’s Works

Author(s): Agata Starownik
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Edward Stachura; sacrum; astronomy in literature; myth; literature and science
Summary/Abstract: The book analyses the literary description of the cosmos in Edward Stachura’s works. It emerges from scientific knowledge, but is strongly imbued with metaphysical and anthropological senses. In poet’s works celestial bodies are an important element of the mythical world structure, linked to poeticizing reality by the protagonist who – observing the sky and flaunting his astronomical knowledge – is, at the same time, searching for sacrum in nature. He constantly engages in a dialogue with the surrounding reality, which makes him know himself and the nature better.

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