Tracing Maurice Maeterlinck in Stanisław Przybyszewski’s Life and Works Cover Image

Na tropie Maurycego Maeterlincka w życiu i twórczości Stanisława Przybyszewskiego
Tracing Maurice Maeterlinck in Stanisław Przybyszewski’s Life and Works

Author(s): Katia Vandenborre
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: comparative literature; Belgian literature; Polish literature; Young Poland; symbolism; theatre

Summary/Abstract: The present article is a study of Maurice Maeterlinck’s reception in Stanisław Przybyszewski’s life and works from 1895 – when he received The Collected Dramas from Zenon Przesmycki – until 1902. Maeterlinck’s influence on Przybyszewski dates back to his reading of Przesmycki’s study on Maurice Maeterlinck. His Position in Belgian and Universal Literature, it took definitely root in 1899, when Przybyszewski gave a conference on „Mysticism and Maeterlinck” in Cracow, and peaked in 1902 when the première of Guests took place in Lviv and the first part of A Few Notes about Theatre and Scene was published in Kurier Teatralny. Literary reception is analysed in relation with cultural context and Przybyszewski’s biography.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 339-352
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish