Andrzej Busza’s Contribution to Conrad Scholarship/ Zasługi Andrzeja Buszy dla conradystyki
Andrzej Busza’s Contribution to Conrad Scholarship

Author(s): John G. Peters
Subject(s): Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Andrzej Busza; Conradian studies; Polish contexts;
Summary/Abstract: In the short, concise paper, the author considers Andrzej Busza’s contribution to the study of Conrad. He stresses the significance of Busza’s monograph Conrad’s Polish Literary Background and Some Illustrations of the Influence of Polish Literature on His Work, published in 1966. While early commentators, such as Gustav Morf, noted the impact of Conrad’s Polish heritage on his writing, Busza’s book offered the English‑speaking community of Conrad scholars a systematic account of the influence of Polish literature on his work together with convincing evidence and arguments concerning how Conrad worked from Polish literary sources. In later essays, Busza extended the Polish influence beyond literature, situating Conrad’s experience in Poland (and subsequently his writing) within contemporaneous Polish history. Along with his studies into Conrad’s Polish background and the influence of Polish literature, Busza commented on the broader European context of Conrad’s work, relating it to, among others, Dostoevsky and Flaubert.

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