Stanisław Brzozowski and the migration of ideas : : transnational perspectives on the intellectual field in twentieth-century Poland and beyond / / Jens Herlth, Edward M. Świderski, editors ; with assistance by Dorota Kozicka.

• Superior document: Lettre (Transcript (Firm))
• Funder: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
• TeilnehmendeR: Kozicka, Dorota,; Herlth, Jens,; Swiderski, Edward M., 1948-
• Author: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : Transcript,, [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Lettre (Transcript (Firm))
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (362 p.)

As a writer, critic, and philosopher, Stanislaw Brzozowski (1878-1911) left a lasting imprint on Polish culture. He absorbed virtually all topical intellectual trends of his time, adapting them for the needs of what he saw as his primary mission: the modernization of Polish culture. The essays of the volume reassess and contextualize Brzozowski's writings from a distinctly transnational vantage point. They shed light on often surprising and hitherto underrated affinities between Brzozowski and intellectual figures and movements in Eastern and Western Europe. Furthermore, they explore the presence of his ideas in twentieth-century century literary criticism and theory.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter 1 Table of Contents 5 On Brzozowski's Presence and Absence in Poland and Beyond 7 "Sounding out idols": Brzozowski and Strindberg as Nietzsche Readers 23 "Ibsen! Oh, let us not invoke this name in vain!" Brzozowski's Ibsen Not-quite-read 39 Stanisaw Brzozowski and Die Neue Zeit 57 Les Déracinés: Brzozowski and Barrès 77 The Cult of Will and Power: Did Brzozowski Inspire Ukrainian Nationalism? 107 Brzozowski and Cioran: The Legend of Young Poland and The Transformation of Romania 133 Brzozowski and the Italians 139 Brzozowski and Rorty: Coping with the Contingent Self 159 Stanisaw Brzozowski and Romantic Revision (Meyer Howard Abrams, Northrop Frye, Harold Bloom): Prolegomena 187 Brzozowski as Precursor to Contemporary Studies on Cyprian Norwid's Legacy 209 Brzozowskianism: The Trouble with the "Great" Brzozowski and His Followers 237 "actually speaking, this man converted me": Jerzy Liebert, Brzozowski, and the Question of a Modern Religous Poetry 249 Stanisaw Brzozowski as Harbinger and Enabler of Modern Literary Theory in Poland and the West 273 The Stalinist Reception of Stanisaw Brzozowski's Philosophy: The Case of Pawe Hoffman 303 Brzozowski and the Question of Engagement: On a Different Concept of the Autonomy of Art 321 Brzozowski or Plots of the Future 339 Epilogue 351 Contributors 359