Miłość w cieniu Śmierci. O wybranych lirykach Krzysztofa Kamila Baczyńskiego
Love in the shadow of death. About a few chosen poems written by Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to provide a contextual interpretation of a few chosen poems with an erotic tinge writt en by Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński. The biographical and historical context left an extraordinary imprint on the poet’s work. In his erotic lyrics, along with light-hearted, fairy tale like scenery appear, in the course of time, increasingly clear and menacing signs of the horrifying reality of war and Nazi occupation. In this poetry love and death interweave. The poet searches for salvation and recovery of the original world of nature. Nevertheless, he ends up being defeated by the terrifying forces of history.

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