Homo duplex (z problematyki przynależności narodowej i państwowej Josepha Conrada)
Homo duplex (on National and State Affiliation of Joseph Conrad)

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to interpret the term “homo duplex” used by Joseph Conrad tocharacterize his personality in the letter to the historian Kazimierz Waliszewski.The author presents various meanings of this duality as Conrad was a citizenof the Russian Empire, and then of Great Britain. His profession was alsotwofold: first he was a French seaman, then an English seaman to become finallyan outstanding representative of English literature. As an English writer, heemphatically emphasized his links with Polish culture, in particular with theliterature of the Romantic period.

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