Karol Baykowski, czyli młodopolskich rozpoznań towianizmu ciąg dalszy
Karol Baykowski, or the continuation of Young Poland’s discerning of Towianism

Author(s): Elżbieta Flis-Czerniak
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, 19th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Karol Baykowski; Towianism; Towianism followers; Young Poland; heritage of Romanticism
Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to introduce the figure of the forgotten Towianism follower, Karol Baykowski, who lives at the turn of the 20th century in Cracow. He played an important role in shaping the views of the young generation of artists and their attitude to the heritage of Romanticism. He contributed in particular to the increased interest in the mystical-messianic period in the life of romantic prophets. According to the author of the article, Baykowski, omitted in previous research on Young Poland’s literature, art, and thought, is an important key to a more complete understanding of the works of such artists as Stanisław Wyspiański, Tadeusz Miciński, Włodzimierz Tetmajer or Jacek Malczewski, as well as to a better understanding of the intellectual and spiritual ferment as it was then.

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