Sentymentalny Profesor. Ślady lektury w listach przyrodnika
The Sentimental Professor. The Traces of Reading in the Biologist’s Letters
Author(s): Barbara SzargotSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: letter; biography; history of literature; positivism; romanticism; sentimentalism; Edward Janczewski; Jadwiga Janczewska; Henryk Sienkiewicz; Cyprian Janczewski
Summary/Abstract: The article examines the letters of the late 19th century scholar, naturalist, positivist, and Professor of Jagiellonian University, Edward Janczewski, to his fiancée. The analysis demonstrates that these letters are literary creations of the author, performative of the conventions of sentimental novel along with its characteristic style.
Journal: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 9
- Page Range: 253-266
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish