Niepokoje o powieściopisarstwo polskie. Orzeszkowa i Reymont – glosa do fenomenologii egzystencji epistolograficznej
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This article takes a closer look at the intriguing relationship between Eliza Orzeszkowa and Władysław Reymont. The analysis focuses on the letters exchanged by the older positivist and the already successful young modernist writer. The paper explores issues such as the writers’ everyday lives, their creative processes, the state of Polish novel writing, and the loneliness experienced by Orzeszkowa. Another focal point is the nature of their professional friendship, something previously unknown to the author of Nad Niemnem. The article demonstrates that the two-year-long correspondence between Orzeszkowa and Reymont held great significance and highlights certain characteristics shared by the Nobel laureate and the would-be Nobel laureate, such as their treatment of literature as a shared craft, a mutual concern, and a similarly understood mission.
DOI: 10.36770/bp.980
Author: Julia Wroniewicz
Institution: University of Warsaw
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405919206