„Uwielbiam masy ludzkie, kocham żywioły, przepadam za wszystkim, co się staje dopiero” – Łódź jako temat literacki „Ziemi obiecanej” w korespondencji Reymonta
‘I Love the Masses of People, I Love the Elements, I Am So Fond of Everything That Is Just Coming into Existence’: Łódź as the Literary Topic of the Promised land in Reymont’s Correspondence

Author(s): Dorota Samborska-Kukuć
Subject(s): Cultural history, Polish Literature, Culture and social structure
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Reymont; correspondence; Promised Land novel
Summary/Abstract: Reymont reported on the stages of construction of the Promised Land in letters to friends and family. His spontaneous way of reporting resulting from the hyperbolization of experiences and impressions provides source material for examining the creative process and the way of perceiving the described space. For the writer, Łódź was a place that interested him in its spectacular development and functioning, and he decided that it could be an artistic challenge for him. He worked on the work in several stages: in Łódź itself, collecting the necessary material, and for the next several months (including in France), drawing on these findings colored by imagination. He informed about each of these stages in his correspondence, proving his keen interest in the factory town and its peculiarities.

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