Vol. 4 No. 2 (2013): Craving for writing. Presentations: Mariusz Sieniewicz

The articles published in this issue are concerned with writing, in a broad sense of the word. Individual authors address and analyse chosen tropes and problems as found in the writings of, among other authors: Gallus Anonymus, Wincenty Kadłubek, Marcin Paszkowski, Stanisław Samuel Szemiot, Czesław Miłosz, and Jerzy Pilch. Two articles have been devoted to Old-Polish memoir writing. The main subject of the “Presentations” section is Mariusz Sieniewicz. This issue features an excerpt from his forthcoming novel, whose working title – as affirmed by the author – is Smak rabarbaru (The Taste of Rhubarb). Among the texts found in the “Archives” section, the reader will find a translation of an excerpt from Julius Caesar Scaliger’s Poetics. Additionally, this issue includes the regular sections “Reviews and Discussions”, which features critical analyses of several recent publications: Krzysztof Mrowcewicz’s Małe folio (Small Folio); Alina Świeściak’s Melancholia w poezji polskiej po 1989 roku (Melancholia in Polish Poetry since 1989); Elżbieta Dutka’s Zapisywane miejsca (Inscribed Places), Sławomir Buryła’s Tematy (nie)opisane (Themes (Un)Described) and Hanna Kirchner’s Nałkowska albo życie pisane (Nałkowska, or a Life in Writing).