Styl późny w służbie sztuki życia. O późnej poezji Davida Herberta Lawrence’a
The Late Style in the Service of the Art of Life. On the Late Poetry of David Herbert Lawrence

Author(s): Alina Mitek-Dziemba
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: The point of departure for the following article is the belief that the concept of the late style, which was conceptualised primarily in the context of artistic endeavours, due to itsreflection on the nature of maturing, growing old, or the complex relationship betweensubjectivity and time, appears to share a certain affinity with the philosophy of existencemuch broader than just the art theory. Stylisation can be thus treated as an ancillary term,subordinate to the domain of existential aestheticisation (Richard Schusterman), whoseexistence is clearly inscribed into the modern philosophical project, though, in a broadersense, it has been present in philosophy from the very beginning, manifesting itself in thefigure of life understood as a work of art. Thus, the author of the article ponders the notionof the late style in the context of the aesthetics of existence, while the primary researchgoal becomes its concrete exemplification on the basis of one of the later poetic works ofD.H. Lawrence—a writer who on the one hand was taken before his time by an insidious illness, and on the other hand developed his sense of “lateness” and belatedness with reference to his contemporaries who died in the First World War. The reflections on the matter are highly influenced by the excellent late (and unfinished) book by Edward Said, On Late Style.

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