New biography of Brzozowski

The article is a review of Stanislaw Brzozowski biography written by Andrzej Mencwel. The reviewer emphasizes the connection with the author’s earlier works on Brzozowski, indicates the author’s increased interest in the work of the author of Legends of Young Poland. Essayistic and interdisciplinary character of Mencwell’s biography explains well the uniqueness of Brzozowski in the twentieth-century Polish and European culture

Nowa biografia Brzozowskiego. O książce Andrzeja Mencwela „Stanisław Brzozowski. Postawa krytyczna. Wiek XX”

New biography of BrzozowskiThe article is a review of Stanislaw Brzozowski biography written by Andrzej Mencwel. The reviewer emphasizes the connection with the author’s earlier works on Brzozowski, indicates the author’s increased interest in the work of the author of Legends of Young Poland. Essayistic and interdisciplinary character of Mencwell’s biography explains well the uniqueness of Brzozowski in the twentieth-century Polish and European culture

Henryk Markiewicz’s marvellings

The review discusses Henryk Markiewicz column Moje zdziwienia [My Marvellings] run in “Wielogłos” since 2008. Markiewicz commented on current events at the academia and literary criticism. This column was an outstanding example of Markiewicz’s knowledge and critical and analytical abilities. In Moje zdziwienia he fought against academic incompetence, obscurity, ignorance, irresponsibility and opportunism. He was an excellent polemist. His column also proved Markiewicz’s sense of humor and literary skills. As Maciej Urbanowski suggests Markiewicz’s activity resembled in some ways that of Karol Irzykowski, one of the most independent Polish literary critics in 20th centur

Zdziwienia Henryka Markiewicza

Henryk Markiewicz’s Marvellings The review discusses Henryk Markiewicz column Moje zdziwienia [My Marvellings] run in “Wielogłos” since 2008. Markiewicz commented on current events at the academia and literary criticism. This column was an outstanding example of Markiewicz’s knowledge and critical and analytical abilities. In Moje zdziwienia he fought against academic incompetence, obscurity, ignorance, irresponsibility and opportunism. He was an excellent polemist. His column also proved Markiewicz’s sense of humor and literary skills. As Maciej Urbanowski suggests Markiewicz’s activity resembled in some ways that of Karol Irzykowski, one of the most independent Polish literary critics in 20th century

„Zagubione takty śmiechu” (w literaturze polskiej XX i XXI wieku)

Recenzja książki T. Mizerkiewicza, Nić śmiesznego. Studia o komizmie w literaturze polskiej XX i XXI wieku, Poznań 200

"Zagubione takty śmiechu" (w literaturze polskiej XX i XXI wieku)

Recenzja książki T. Mizerkiewicza, Nić śmiesznego. Studia o komizmie w literaturze polskiej XX i XXI wieku, Poznań 200

Bruno Schulz i polityka

Bruno Schulz and politicsThe article discusses Bruno Schulz’s attitude toward politics. It is well known that the author of The Cinnamon Shops was a nonpolitical man. This was the reason for some fi erce attacks against his prose conducted by politically engaged literary critics in the interwar Poland. The author mentions these attacks but he also analyzes Schulz’s less known essays about Piłsudski, Aragon and Brecht, and the way Schulz pictured politics in his prose. It seems that a political dictionary of the author of The Street of Crocodiles comprised terms from different political ideologies; he alluded to Marx, anarchism and Brzozowski. At the end of his article the author discusses the question whether Schulz’s nonpolitical attitude could be compared to the so called conservative revolution in Germany after World War I