Romantic Memory - Studies from the Past and Present

The book depicts the phenomenon of cultural memory preserved in the Polish Romantic literature, predominantly in the works of Mickiewicz, Slowacki, and Norwid (and other European poets). The primary objective is to reconstruct the cultural pattern of continuity established in Poland during the period of catastrophe. The author describes the call for a critical historiography and presents a "Slavic counterpoint" in the history of modern Europe. The key questions of the book are: Will the Romantic lesson about the transformation of history into memory and turning the past into an object of faith turn out to be a lesson about the future? The book is inspired by the German trend of contemporary reflection - "the culture of remembrance" (Erinnerungskultur) founded on the works of the Assmanns.

List of contents

Memory and Romanticism - Sites of memory - Romantic biography as a form of memory - Mickiewicz's Slavic memory - Old age assisting memory - Slowacki's memory of the beginning - Norwid's memory of Rome - Romantic memory and contemporary memory - Ritual and memory in Forefathers' Eve

Product details

• Authors: Krzysztof Trybu¿, Krzysztof Trybus
• Assisted by: Klara Naszkowska (Translation)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2019
• EAN: 9783631788080
• ISBN: 978-3-631-78808-0
• No. of pages: 194
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 214 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 352 g
• Series: Cross-Roads
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics