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Wisdom of the Body

Eros and Sublimation in Janusz Pasierb’s Poetry

Author(s): Jan Potkański
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: homoeroticism; ephebophilia; modernism

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the poetic output of priest Janusz Pasierb as a homosexual text (in the view of German Ritz) which is antithetically complemented with the poet’s erstwhile reception interpreted in accordance with priestly poetry topos. In the suggested approach, the main figure in Pasierb’s poetry is epiphany of a handsome boy juxtaposed with his youth to the poems’ speaking subject―a middle-aged homosexual man.

  • Issue Year: 114/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 111-147
  • Page Count: 37
  • Language: Polish