„Drogi promienia”. O biografii i opowiadaniach wspomnieniowych Bronisławy Ostrowskiej
“Trajectories of the Ray” Some Remarks on Bronisława Ostrowska’s Biography and Recollection Short-Stories
Author(s): Anna WydryckaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Literackie im. Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Bronisława Ostrowska; biography; "W starym lustrze" (short stories); autobiographical discourse; allusion
Summary/Abstract: This article discuses some hitherto-unknown facts of the poetess’s biography, based upon recently detected archival materials. The most important one among these – the once famous (by-now-forgotten) so-called Brzezicka’s affair – created a unique situation with which Ostrowska had to struggle in her life and poetic activity, as testified, to recall but a single trait, the specific features of her mother’s portrait comprised in the lyric verse and recollection short-stories. Analysis of the autobiographical discourse of "W starym lustrze" has been enriched with a facts-related resource facilitating the deciphering of the numerous allusions and understatements.
Journal: Wiek XIX. Rocznik Towarzystwa Literackiego im. Adama Mickiewicza
- Issue Year: XLIV/2009
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 106-127
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Polish