W drodze do Sarmacji
On the way to Sarmatia

Author(s): Leszek Szaruga
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Johannes Bobrowski; Adam Mickiewicz; Sarmatia; Sarmatische Zeit
Summary/Abstract: The article reconstructs selected aspects of the Sarmathian myth in the works of Johannes Bobrowski. The author of the Sarmatische Zeit, referring to the works of Ptolemy and Herodotus, presents his own experiences connected with the books on the Romantic myth of the North and creates a literary project of a community, whose part is also the area known as East Prussia. The traces of this project – motifs in Bobrowski’s poems and prose – are the object of interpretation in this sketch. They also point to a certain literary affinity between the German writer and Adam Mickiewicz.

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