Towiański i towianizm w kręgu Reduty Juliusza Osterwy i Mieczysława Limanowskiego
Towiański and Towianism in the milieu of Janusz Osterwa and Mieczysław Limanowski’s Reduta

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Author(s): Maria Kalinowska
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, 19th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Reduta theatre; Juliusz Osterwa; Mieczysław Limanowski; Towiański and his thought in the Reduta Theatre
Summary/Abstract: The text discusses the interest shown by the Reduta Theatre’s co-founders, Juliusz Osterwa and Mieczysław Limanowski, in Towianism and the person and activity of Andrzej Towiański. It also looks at the parallels and similarities between Towianists and Towiański’s ideas on the one hand, and the achievements and objectives of the Reduta Theatre’s founders on the other. What is the place of Towiański, Towianism and the Towianists in the Reduta Theatre’s duality that is being uncovered by scholars: a realistic and psychological theatre, but also a project with another, hidden aspect, an area of mystery and psychological, religious, or maybe even esoteric experimentation? The author explores the meaning Towianism had for the Reduta community and invokes the results of leading works whose authors discussed this issue, especially studies by Zbigniew Osiński and Ireneusz Guszpit. Above all, though, the paper outlines plans for further research on the multidimensional relationship between Towianism and the Reduta ideas.

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