“Jest tylko Beatrycze. I właśnie jej nie ma”. Sketches to the portrait of Beatrix Cenci Cover Image

„Jest tylko Beatrycze. I właśnie jej nie ma”. Szkice do portretu Béatrice Cenci
“Jest tylko Beatrycze. I właśnie jej nie ma”. Sketches to the portrait of Beatrix Cenci

Author(s): Mariusz Jochemczyk
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

Summary/Abstract: To see literary “paintings” and understand painting “texts”, thus, to pierce the mystery of works, the character of which is a Renaissance murderer (Béatrice Cenci) is the aim of this article. Romantic fascinations with the person in question are reflected in works by such great authors as Shelley, Stendhal, Hawthorne and Słowacki. The book Beatrix Cenci, written by the last of the authors mentioned constitutes a research point of culmination: it completes the stage of an installed character this time in a universe of a Romantic drama.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 1+2 (2)
  • Page Range: 131-150
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish