A parallel mirror landscape in selected works  by Leopold Staff’s and Bolesław Leśmian’s with Narcissus  in the background Cover Image

Paralela zwierciadlanych pejzaży narcystycznych w wybranych utworach Leopolda Staffa i Bolesława Leśmiana
A parallel mirror landscape in selected works by Leopold Staff’s and Bolesław Leśmian’s with Narcissus in the background

Author(s): Bartłomiej Borek
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki w Bydgoszczy (WSG)
Keywords: reflections; mirror; landscape; cosmos; Narcissus; myth; Leopold Staff; Bolesław Leśmian

Summary/Abstract: The sketch devoted to the parallel creation spaces in the works of Leopold Staff’s and Bolesław Leśmian’s is an attempt to show the way reality – in which the poets portray – in conjunction with a mirror. In the analyzed works, the lyrics revealing similarities in borderline and epistemological situations in the lives of the heroes of Staff’s and Leśmian’s were subjected to interpretation. The use and sexual transformation of the Narcissus myth was indicated, using the instruments offered by comparative mythology.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 19-32
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish