'TO DIE YOU HAVE TO AWAKEN TO LIFE FIRST': 'ON A THEME FROM ST JOHN PERSE' BY JAN LECHON (Aby umrzec, trzeba najpierw ozyc. 'Na temat z St. John Perse'a' Jana Lechonia)

• Authors: Czabanowska-Wrobel Anna
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This is an interpretation of 'On a theme from St John Perse', one of the most intriguing poems by Jan Lechon, published in his late phase (1956). Its title and motto, with its evocation of St John Perse's 'Il naissait un poulain' establish a context which is explicated in this article. Moreover, the authoress traces all references to St John Perse in Lechon's Diary and examines the record of a meeting of the two poets. Apart from listing Lechon's evocations of 'Anabase', this interpretation examines his symbolism of life and death in connection with the motif of a statue awakening to life. This motif, which has some personal connotations for Lechon, recurs in a number of his poems.

Keywords

EN

LECHON JAN; PERSE SAINT-JOHN; POLISH LITERATURE (20TH C.); PYGMALION MOTIF

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Ruch Literacki
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 3(294)
• Pages: 235-246
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Czabanowska-Wrobel Anna

• Anna Czabanowska-Wrobel, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydzial Polonistyki, ul. Golebia 16, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA070819