Symboliczne i filozoficzne podobieństwa poezji Jana Kasprowicza i Jānisa Rainisa
Symbolic and philosophical similarities between Jan Kasprowicz’s and Janis Rainis’ poetry
Author(s): Paweł WojciechowskiSubject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Latvian Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
Published by: Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-Białej
Keywords: Jānis Rainis;Latvian poetry of 19th/20th c.;nature;love;Young Poland poet;Jan Kasprowicz;Blaise Pascal;Arthur Schopenhauer;Friedrich Nietzsche;Henri Bergson
Summary/Abstract: The text Symbolic and philosophical similarities between Jan Kasprowicz’s and Janis Rainis’ poetry presents the figure of Kasprowicz – a great Polish modernist, and Rainis – a Latvian poet and playwright, a man of the theater, author of numerous works for children and a recognized translator of the works of William Shakespeare, Friedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, George Gordon Byron, and Aleksander Pushkin. The analysis is directed toward the lyrical work of the Latvian and the Polish poet, emphasizing its symptomatic symbolism and philosophical influences (Blaise Pascal, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Henri Bergson) present in the phenomena of nature and love.
Journal: Świat i słowo
- Issue Year: 2/2020
- Issue No: 35
- Page Range: 213-223
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish