Sienkiewicz, generał Custer i Indianie
Sienkiewicz, General Custer and Indians
Author(s): Jerzy R. KrzyżanowskiSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Henryk Sienkiewicz; Sienkiewicz's “Listy z podróży do Ameryki [Letters from America]”; Sienkiewicz's "Orso"; Sienkiewicz's "Sachem"; general Custer; Battle of the Little bighorn River; Sienkiewicz's meeting with the Sioux
Summary/Abstract: The article presents Henryk Sienkiewicz as the author of reports written during his stay in the USA between 1876–1878 and published in “Gazeta Polska” (“Polish Gazette”) as “Listy z podróży do Ameryki (Letters from America)”. It focuses mostly on the account from his meeting with the Sioux, two months before general Custer’s famous Battle of the Little Bighorn River with the Indians, on the impressions from this meeting and on Sienkiewicz’s further reflections connected with it, as well as sketches the circumstances of the mentioned battle. The article concludes with the remarks on Sienkiewicz’s return to Indian issues in his short stories “Orso” and “Sachem”.
Journal: Pamiętnik Literacki. Czasopismo kwartalne poświęcone historii i krytyce literatury polskiej
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 177-184
- Page Count: 8
