Antynomie męskości i erotyczne spojrzenie na męskie ciało w Agnieszce, córce Kolumba Wilhelma Macha
Antinomies of Masculinity and an Erotic Gaze on the Male Body in Agnieszka, córka Kolumba by Wilhelm Mach

Author(s): Wojciech Śmieja
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Masculinity; male body;homosexuality;
Summary/Abstract: Although Wilhelm Mach’s novel Agnieszka, córka Kolumna (1964) was considered avant-garde, controversial, and provoking in the sixties, it remains today – as Mach’s whole output – forgotten. This article is an attempt at “close reading” of this problematic and partially incoherent novel by Mach: the writer’s ambition was to write a “gendered” avant-garde novel, where the “masculine” and “wide” epic dimension is balanced by the “feminine” dimension (focus on emotions and details, mindfulness, erotisation of the masculine body in a female’s gaze). I argue that Mach’s project failed, but I also highlight its unique and still underestimated position in the history of Polish literature.

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