Something out of Nothing? “Professor Spanner” (Once Again) Cover Image

Coś z niczego? “Profesor Spanner” (raz jeszcze)
Something out of Nothing? “Professor Spanner” (Once Again)

Author(s): Arkadiusz Morawiec
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, Polish Literature, History of the Holocaust, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: “Medallions”; soap; fat; document; realism; invention

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the genesis and reception of Zofia Nałkowska’s short story “Professor Spanner”, the “black legend” of professor Rudolf Spanner and the motif (topos) of the Nazi criminal.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 133-149
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish