Joseph Pilsudski on “Legions” and legionaries Cover Image

Józef Piłsudski o „Legionach” i legionistach
Joseph Pilsudski on “Legions” and legionaries

Author(s): Władysława Bryła
Subject(s): Cultural history, Political history, Social history
Published by: Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża
Keywords: Polish Legions; military values; command; rhetoric

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the person of Joseph Pilsudski and his comments on theformation of “Legions” and the battles they fought. Pilsudski was a skilled narrator andresorted to a variety of genre conventions (such as fairy tale, reportage, memoir) andstylistic devices which were loaded emotionally and frequently evaluative with respectto people and the surrounding reality.

  • Issue Year: 20/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 95-108
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish