Perspectives on Art in the Reflections of Polish Émigré Writers
Perspectives on Art in the Reflections of Polish Émigré Writers

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an overview of the perspectives on art taken by Polish émigré writers who either settled in the United States or Canada, or who lived on the North American continent for a period of time. The author juxtaposes the reflections on art of Polish émigré poets such as Anna Frajlich, Andrzej Busza and Wacław Iwaniuk, as expressed in their poetry, with the understanding of art as presented in the American essays written by Julia Hartwig and Wojciech Karpiński. Though their texts belong to separate literary genres, together they create a more complex overview of reflections on the special relationship between a piece of art and a writer contemplating it. In this study the author examines the correlation between visual perception and visual thinking of each writer and focuses also on the idea of visual imagination.

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