Ravenna “painted with a dream”. On creative and oneirogenic properties of the place Cover Image

Rawenna “snem malowana”. O kreacyjnych i onirogennych właściwościach miejsca
Ravenna “painted with a dream”. On creative and oneirogenic properties of the place

Author(s): Anna Wydrycka
Subject(s): Poetry
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Ravenna; lyrical poetry; dream; mosaic; Dante

Summary/Abstract: The article interprets lyric poems, the subject of which is the last capital of the Western Roman Empire, Ravenna. It was treated as a place serving to define identity (Bronisław Przyłuski’s poems), self-presentation (Lechoń’s lyrical poem), and particularly as w place of oneirogenic nature (poems of Lechoń, Różewicz and others). The number of Polish works connected with Ravenna demonstrates a perennial fascination with the city. Two threads recur in them: Dantean and that emphasizing the art of mosaic, reaching the heights of metaphysics.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 303-317
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish