Poems from closed forest. Draft about trees in Michał Książek’s works Cover Image

Wiersze z nieczynnego lasu. Szkic o drzewach w twórczości Michała Książka
Poems from closed forest. Draft about trees in Michał Książek’s works

Author(s): Ilona Chylińska
Subject(s): Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-Białej
Keywords: Michał Książek; trees; senses; time; “social engaged poetry”;

Summary/Abstract: Paper aims to explore forest clues in Michał Książek’s works. The main one is book of poetry called Północny wschód ,which contains poems about tree cut in Białowieża Forest. Poet was against that cut and took an active part in protest. Author of the paper contemplates bonds between humans and trees, also experiencing forest by all senses. She tries to examine temporality that is written into woods, too.

  • Issue Year: 2/2021
  • Issue No: 37
  • Page Range: 73-85
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish