Decolonizing the Anthropocene: Reading Charles de Lint’s "Widdershins"

• Authors: Łaszkiewicz Weronika
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article discusses the motif of memory which can be noticed in Vyazemsky’s late poetry: poems written in the 1850s, 1860s and 1870s. Peter Vyazemsky was a poet, literary critic, and letter writer appreciated for his talent not only in Russia but also in Poland. In his late poetry Vyazemsky recalls his close friends, his beloved mother as well as places he visited during journeys abroad. The poet presents his thoughts about his own life, ancestors, and human life in general. The poems are strongly influenced by the ideas of Romanticism.

Keywords

EN

Charles de Lint; the Anthropocene; Native Americans; ecocriticism; urban fantasy

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Acta Neophilologica
• Year: 2020
• Volume: XXII/2
• Pages: 161-172

Dates

published

2020-12-01

Contributors

author

Łaszkiewicz Weronika

• Uniwersytet w Białymstoku

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