The Effectiveness of Mimicry 
Rec .: Mateusz Skucha, Desire of Desire. In the circle of the Young Poland women's lyric, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2016, pp. 278. Cover Image

Efektywność mimikry Rec.: Mateusz Skucha, Niesytość pragnienia. W kręgu młodopolskiej liryki kobiet, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2016, ss. 278.
The Effectiveness of Mimicry Rec .: Mateusz Skucha, Desire of Desire. In the circle of the Young Poland women's lyric, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2016, pp. 278.

Author(s): Anna Pekaniec
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Review, Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Literackie im. Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: gender; feminism; Polish poetry; woman; Young Poland;

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of the text is to widely introduce a book written by Mateusz Skucha entitled Niesytość pragnienia. W kręgu młodopolskiej liryki kobiet (Hungriness of desire. In the circle of Young Poland lyric of women, Kraków 2016), a reliable monograph. It's author presents the works of selected poets of Young Poland as an important part of literary history of the whole epoch. By applying critical-feminist tools, Skucha creates convincing interpretations,proving that the genres used by the authors and the scope of the discussed topics, all enrich the space of Polish poetry as such.

  • Issue Year: LII/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 377-383
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish