Śmierć Mickiewicza
The Death of Mickiewicz

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to intertextual meanings of the myth of Mickiewicz’s death in his contemporary times, at the turn of the centuries and currently. The first point of reference is Biblical and national context; the next one is ideological, the vision of ‘the alliance of nations’ and of the political situation of the nations aspiring to independence; finally the outline indicates how consecutive Mickiewicz’s funerals contributed to registering his function of the creator of a new model of identity in Mid-Europe, the identity by culture. The international and ecumenical character of the funeral participants in Istanbul probably prefigurated the actions and funeral of John Paul II, the spiritual successor of the poet.

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