“A Pole Is a Selfless Host”. Old Polish
Hospitality, or a Post-Partition Phantasm*
“A Pole Is a Selfless Host”. Old Polish
Hospitality, or a Post-Partition Phantasm*
Author(s): Dariusz ŚnieżkoSubject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
Keywords: hospitality; Sarmatism; Romanticism; phantasm
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the image of Old Polish hospitality in the version presented by Polish writers of Post-Partition era. The analysis conducted uses the categories of myth, stereotype and phantasm. In the conclusion, the material is interpreted in the supernatural, ethical, aesthetic and political order.
Journal: Literatura Ludowa
- Issue Year: 69/2026
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 15-27
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
