Mickiewicz bez humoru (Konrada Górskiego przyczynek do czarnej legendy Mistrza Andrzeja)
Humourless Mickiewicz (Konrad Górski’s contribution to shaping Master Andrzej’s black legend)

Author(s): Mirosław Strzyżewski
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, 19th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: history of literature of the 19th century; biography; psychologism; history of religious sects
Summary/Abstract: A book "Mickiewicz – Towiański" (1986) written by professor Konrad Górski is a part of the group of publications forming the so-called black legend of Master Andrzej Towiański. It stems from Górski’s genuine fascination with the works of Adam Mickiewicz, who succumbed to the influence of the Koło Sprawy Bożej, which in turn had a negative impact on the poet’s attitude and his further fate. Górski blames Towiański for all of Mickiewicz’s literary and personal failures. The author of the book presents a rather archaic model of writing on literature (positivist biography) and he does not know the newer specialised literature on the subject. Furthermore, personal experiences from the period of martial law also influenced the final shape of this one-sided and unreliable publication.

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