On Cyprian Norwid. Studies and Essays: Vol. 4. Contexts(43 Polish Studies – Transdisciplinary Perspectives)

The book is the last volume of an extensive four-volume monograph devoted to the work of Cyprian Norwid (1821–1883), one of the most outstanding Polish authors. The impact of Norwid’s oeuvre does not fade, as he addresses fundamental and timeless issues, such as the moral and spiritual condition of man or his place in the world and history, and seeks to answer universal questions. The volume includes articles devoted to the analysis of selected sources and inspirations underlying Norwid’s work, as well as comparative texts tracing the manifestations of the commonality of thoughts and views connecting Norwid with the leading writers and artists of different periods. As a result, we received a multi-faceted image of an artist who, on the one hand, was strongly rooted in the tradition and modernity of Western European culture, and on the other, was characterized by great openness and sensitivity to otherness and cultural diversity.

Table of Contents:
Editor’s Notes - Norwid as a Translator of Homer - Norwid and the Italian Renaissance - Norwid and Gautier - Norwid vis- à- vis Mickiewicz - A Dorio ad Phrygium by Cyprian Norwid and the “Apollo” Poems by Zbigniew Herbert. Parallels - Norwid’s Legend of Byron - About Norwid’s “Prematureness,” Two Modernisms and Miłosz - Salvator Rosa: Another Seventeenth- century Inspiration for Norwid - Norwid’s Opinion on Art Illustrated by his Allusions to Paul Delaroche’s Last Paintings - Album Orbis by Norwid vis- à- vis Voyage to the Orient by Nerval - Vade- mecum by Cyprian Norwid in the Context of Victor Hugo and Charles Baudelaire - Artists of Silence. Duties of a Poet- Symbolist: Rimbaud – Norwid - History from the Perspective of Norwid and the Romantics (Selected Issues) - The Poet’s Artistic Techniques vs French Symbolism - Norwid and the Landscape of Modernity: Around the Poet’s Paris - The Universe of Masterpieces: Critical Discourse in Norwid’s Letters - The Historical Prototype of Serionice from A Dorio ad Phrygium - Cyprian Norwid, Victor Hugo and John Brown – Why and How Norwid’s Poems on John Brown Were Translated into English - The Arab- Muslim World in Norwid’s Works. Inspirations and Sources - “A Funeral Rhapsody in Memory of General Bem” – a Rock Suite of Niemen Enigmatic - Norwid in Contemporary Poetry: Forms of Presence - Norwid’s Place in Culture

About the Author :
Agata Brajerska-Mazur conducts research on the translation and works of Cyprian Norwid and other outstanding Polish writers. She works at the Maria Curie University in Lublin, where she teaches translation. Edyta Chlebowska works in the Centre for the Study of Cyprian Norwid’s Literature at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. She has authored articles and books about the artistic creativity of Norwid including his catalogue raisonné.