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Pozytywistyczne spotkania z Markiewiczem
Positivist meetings with Markiewicz

Author(s): Tadeusz Bujnicki
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Markiewicz Henryk; positivism; history of literature; marxism

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the academic output of Henry Markiewicz dedicated to the literature of Polish Positivism. Professor Markiewicz stands as the pre-eminent connoisseur and lover of the era, author of numerous interpretations, studies and critical edition of the positivist pieces of and, above all, the author of historical-literacy synthesis of the era – the academic textbook „Positivism”. The author of the article writes also about the methodology of research on Positivism used by Markiewicz, which takes from the Marxist inspirations, and also shares personal memories of professional contact with Professor.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 23-29
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish