The cosmic – mortal – amorous man in late poetry by Leśmian. A study on the anthropology of imagination Cover Image

Człowiek Kosmiczny – moriturialny – miłosny w późnej poezji Leśmiana. Studium z antropologii wyobraźni
The cosmic – mortal – amorous man in late poetry by Leśmian. A study on the anthropology of imagination

Author(s): Leszek Zwierzyński
Subject(s): Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Leśmian;poetic imagination;poetic image;anthropology;cosmic man

Summary/Abstract: The paper is aimed at describing the transgressive anthropological model of Leśmian’s late poetry. The research was inspired by poetic activities of the poet himself, who in his poem "Zwiewność" (Ethereality) created a new “mystical” poetic image, and then extracted an unusual material and metaphysical form of human existence from it. This work of poetic creation is turned in the article into the lens of imagination which allows to perceive adequately new radical forms of human existence and phenomena occurring in their creation, such as destruction, metamorphoses and transgressive fusion with the cosmos as well as the matter of this existence (rhythm and movement).

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 211-227
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish