Vol. 1 No. 1 (2011): Different life of history (in literature). Presentations: Darek Foks

The articles published in the main section focus on the theme of history’s life in literary works. Among the issues examined by the contributors are: alternative histories; counterfactual simulations of the future; the documentary possibilities of graphic narrative (comics); the phenomenon of the author’s return to history. Generally, the contributions’ scope of research is located at the intersection of traditional historiography and historical depictions as eligible to interpretation and subjected to narrative and literary laws. The main subject of the “Presentations” section is Darek Foks. Alongside excerpts from his poetry, this section also features a conversation about the poet’s output and an essay analysing it. The issue also contains the sections: “Archives”, featuring an essay about “Censorship and Parnicki’s novels”; “Reviews and Discussions”, featuring reviews of Ryszard Koziołek’s Ciała Sienkiewicza (The Bodies of Sienkiewicz) and Michał Paweł Markowski’s Życie na miarę literatury (Life Befitting Literature); and “Chronicles”.