Ojciec ze skazą… w literaturze i kulturze XIX wieku (przypadek Zygmunta Krasińskiego)

• Authors: Dąbrowicz Elżbieta

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EN

Father with a Defect… In Literature and Culture of the Nineteenth Century (the Case of Zygmunt Krasiński)

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In a letter from February 1864 Cyprian Norwid observes that among Polish patriots, working actively in recent years, prevail the sons of traitors, more precisely speaking: people accused of treason. This observation is the author's starting point for reflections that go in two directions. On the one hand, it resembles the phenomenon of "treason mania", defined as a pathological symptom of public life in the era of post-partition, but also indicating the non-institutional tribunal functioning – the court of opinion; on the other – it analyses filial problems with their fathers, whom the public opinion considered as traitors. A particular one among such sons is Zygmunt Krasiński. The author reflects on the far-reaching consequences of the events at the University of Warsaw, when colleagues of the young Krasiński ruled him out of themselves, and de facto out of the national community, because he did not participate in a patriotic demonstration on the occasion of the funeral of senator Piotr Bieliński. One such consequence was the status of infamis, which, as it seems, Krasiński adopted, functioning later as a poet-anonymous.

Keywords

PL

Zygmunt Krasiński; zdrajcy; ojcostwo; kultura XIX wieku

EN

Zygmunt Krasiński; traitors; fatherhood; culture of the nineteenth century

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski / Instytut Badań Literackich PAN
• Journal: Napis. Pismo poświęcone literaturze okolicznościowej i użytkowej
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 19
• Pages: 53-69

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