“This is the most stupid, most shameful story under the sun!” Cover Image

„Bystro czytać w dziejach”, czyli o pewnym wystąpieniu Norwida w rocznicę Powstania Styczniowego
“This is the most stupid, most shameful story under the sun!”

Author(s): Zofia Dambek
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: January Uprising; Norwid’s public addresses; speeches; 1863 emigration; Polish Library; Greek War of Independence; collective memory; ritual

Summary/Abstract: The paper is concerned with the legacy of the January Uprising in Cyprian Norwid’s social and political thought. It discusses in detail the poet’s address in the Polish Library in 1875. The author considers the issue of Norwid’s attitude towards the defeat and to the post-uprising mourning. She also precisely analyzes the meaning of Markos Botsaris’s song The Testament that the poet translated.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 191-217
  • Page Count: 27