“Opening the Great Parable”. On Zbigniew Herbert’s Writing of One of His Poems Cover Image

„Rozpinanie wielkiej paraboli”. O procesie pisania jednego wiersza Zbigniewa Herberta
“Opening the Great Parable”. On Zbigniew Herbert’s Writing of One of His Poems

Author(s): Tomasz Cieślak-Sokołowski
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: genetic criticism; Zbigniew Herbert; manuscript studies; writing process

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of the present article is to offer a reading of Zbigniew Herbert’smanuscripts, drawing upon French and British theories of genetic criticism. The author analyzes the physical shape of the page and the stages of the making of the poem with reference to specific examples based on materials collected in the Zbigniew Herbert archiveat the National Library of Poland.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 34
  • Page Range: 99-114
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish