On Cyprian Norwid. Studies and Essays : : Vol. 2. Aspects.

• Superior document: Polish Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives Series ; v.37
• Author: Chlebowska, Edyta.
• TeilnehmendeR: Brajerska-Mazur, Agata.
• Place / Publishing House: Frankfurt a.M. : : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Polish Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (700 pages)

The book is devoted to the work of Cyprian Norwid (1821-1883), one of the most outstanding Polish authors. Norwid addresses fundamental and timeless issues, such as the moral and spiritual condition of man. The book contains an extensive selection of contributions by eminent researchers, which represent different approaches to the poet's work.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Table of contents -- Editor's Notes -- Norwid's Irony -- Introduction -- I. The Poet and the World -- II. Norwid and Us -- Bibliography -- Foreword to the Facsimile of Vade-Mecum's Autograph -- 1 -- 2 -- Bibliography -- On Norwid's Epic Prose: Poet-Playwriter's Workshop -- 1. Parabolising the Event -- 2. Dramatising the Story -- 3. Narrator's Perspective -- Bibliography -- Norwid in the Berlin Prison -- Dates -- Reasons for Arrest -- Release -- Bibliography -- Norwid's Poetic Style from a Historical Perspective -- Bibliography -- "Architecture Of Word:" On Norwid's Theory and Practice of the Word -- Bibliography -- Man - "An Image Of The Living God" -- Bibliography -- The Grandson Yet to Come: A Misunderstanding? -- Bibliography -- Vade-Mecum as an Editorial Problem -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- Bibliography -- Norwid's Letters and Epistolary Tradition -- Bibliography -- Cyprian Norwid as a Graphic Artist -- Bibliography -- Norwid over "the Stream of Human Blood" -- 1. "A Peculiar Fluid" -- 2. "I Have Seen Blood!" -- 3. "The Saying Goes" -- 4. The "Old Madwoman" and Phraseology -- 5. Phraseology and Ethics -- Bibliography -- The Language of Values in Vade-Mecum: Selected Aspects -- 1.1 -- 1.2 -- 2.1 -- 2.2 -- 3.1 -- 3.2 -- 4.1 -- 4.2 -- 4.3 -- 5.1 -- 5.2 -- 6.1 -- 6.2 -- 6.3 -- 6.4 -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Sentences and Events -- Bibliografia -- In the Shadow of the Angel of Destruction: Norwid's Vision of Europe -- Bibliography -- "This-World's Prince": Norwid's Faces of Satan* -- The Romantic Satan -- Norwid's Satan -- Satan's Incarnations -- The Acting Evil -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Romantic Silvae Rerum:1 On Cyprian Norwid's Notebooks and Albums -- Bibliography -- Norwid's Silence -- 1. Silence in "Milczenie" -- 2. Silent Norwid -- 3. The poetic image of silence -- Bibliography.

Chivalric Order, or "Penal Colony?" Norwid in the Saint Casimir House -- Bibliography -- Ten Commandments for the Translation of the Works of Cyprian Norwid (And What Came From Them -- or, on the Translations of Danuta Borchardt) -- Bibliography -- Cyprian Norwid: On Definitions and Defining -- Bibliography -- The Aesthetic of Form in Norwid's Dramas -- Bibliography -- Norwid and the Chinese -- Kleczkowski the Knight -- Towards the Fifth Empire -- Bibliography -- Norwid's Thoughts on Russia -- Bibliography -- Norwid's Watercolour Contrasts -- Bibliography -- A Concert of Forms: Metaphor with Regard to Polysemy and Simile in Norwid's Poetry -- On Semantic Play -- On Simile -- Bibliography -- Text Sources -- List of Illustrations.