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Record Nr.

UNINA9910315232803321

Titolo

Stanislaw Brzozowski and the Migration of Ideas : Transnational Perspectives on the Intellectual Field in Twentieth-Century Poland and Beyond / Jens Herlth, Edward M. Swiderski, Dorota Kozicka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2019

ISBN

9783837646412

3837646416

9783839446416

3839446414

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Collana

Lettre

Classificazione

KP 2225

Altri autori (Persone)

KozickaDorota

Disciplina

800

Soggetti

Stanisław Brzozowski

Polish Intellectual History

Literary Criticism In 20th Century Poland

Literary Theory

Literature

Cultural History

Slavic Studies

Eastern European History

Cultural Studies

Literary Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter    1 Table of Contents    5 On Brzozowski's Presence and Absence in Poland and Beyond    7 "Sounding out idols": Brzozowski and Strindberg as Nietzsche Readers    23 "Ibsen! Oh, let us not invoke this name in vain!" Brzozowski's Ibsen Not-quite-read    39 Stanisaw Brzozowski and Die Neue Zeit    57 Les Déracinés: Brzozowski and Barrès    77 The Cult of Will and Power: Did Brzozowski Inspire Ukrainian Nationalism?    107 Brzozowski and Cioran: The Legend of Young Poland and The Transformation of Romania    133 Brzozowski and the Italians    139 Brzozowski and Rorty: Coping with the



Contingent Self    159 Stanisaw Brzozowski and Romantic Revision (Meyer Howard Abrams, Northrop Frye, Harold Bloom): Prolegomena    187 Brzozowski as Precursor to Contemporary Studies on Cyprian Norwid's Legacy    209 Brzozowskianism: The Trouble with the "Great" Brzozowski and His Followers    237 "actually speaking, this man converted me": Jerzy Liebert, Brzozowski, and the Question of a Modern Religous Poetry    249 Stanisaw Brzozowski as Harbinger and Enabler of Modern Literary Theory in Poland and the West    273 The Stalinist Reception of Stanisaw Brzozowski's Philosophy: The Case of Pawe Hoffman    303 Brzozowski and the Question of Engagement: On a Different Concept of the Autonomy of Art    321 Brzozowski or Plots of the Future    339 Epilogue    351 Contributors    359

Sommario/riassunto

As a writer, critic, and philosopher, Stanisław Brzozowski (1878–1911) left a lasting imprint on Polish culture. He absorbed virtually all topical intellectual trends of his time, adapting them for the needs of what he saw as his primary mission: the modernization of Polish culture. The essays of the volume reassess and contextualize Brzozowski's writings from a distinctly transnational vantage point. They shed light on often surprising and hitherto underrated affinities between Brzozowski and intellectual figures and movements in Eastern and Western Europe. Furthermore, they explore the presence of his ideas in twentieth-century century literary criticism and theory.