Niemilknące muzy. O kulturze polskiej w czasach światowego konfliktu
The Non-silent Muse. Polish culture in Times of Global Conflict

Summary/Abstract: The First World War is rarely seen from the perspective of its potential to produce culture. Meanwhile, for the culture of countries such as Belgium (in particular the Dutch-speaking part) and Poland, then war was a kind of catalyst. The creation of the Polish-language Warsaw University – despite the propaganda dimension of the project – played an important role in bringing together future elites. The cultural politics carried out by the Germans in the eastern occupied territories were, on the one hand, a carefully considered form of self-presentation; on the other hand, they undoubtedly supported the cultural practices of ethnic and national groups, among whom with the war had significantly accelerating (or reviving) the process of identity construction. In the end, 1914–1918 was a period that saw an increase in the transfer of Polish literature to German-speaking countries.

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