O „miejscach pamięci” w poezji Juliusza Słowackiego
On “Places of Memory” in Juliusz Słowacki’s Poetry

Author(s): Grażyna Halkiewicz-Sojak
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: places of memory; Krzemieniec; Warsaw; An Hour of Thought; Calm
Summary/Abstract: The topic of the article is the analysis of “places of memory” in selected works by Słowacki. The examples have been juxtaposed in such a way as to show, on the one hand, the evolution of motifs and, on the other, to reveal certain permanent features of the author’s poetic imagination. The selection criterion was also the relationship of the interpreted “places of memory” to the poet’s childhood and youth; hence the preference for lyricism, in which the poetic images of Krzemieniec and Warsaw appear: "Godzina myśli" (“An Hour of Thought”), "Uspokojenie" (“Calm”). The subject of interpretation are both youthful works and those written at the end of life – in the mystical period. The interpretations allowed to show the work of the poet’s memory and imagination, thanks to which the literary images become more and more dynamic, gradually detach from memories and become fragments of an apocalyptic vision.

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