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.

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 th...

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Superior document:Lettre (Transcript (Firm))
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Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld : : Transcript,, [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Lettre (Transcript (Firm))
Physical Description:1 online resource (362 p.)
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  • 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