Vol. 2 No. 1-2 (2012): Słowacki after two hundred years. Presentations: Andrzej Bart

The articles published in this issue’s main section concern the life and work of Juliusz Słowacki. Among topics of analyses and interpretations, carried out from new research perspectives, are Słowacki’s relation to Zygmunt Krasiński, as well as the poet’s links with Towianism. New readings have been given of such romantic masterpiece as Król-Duch (King-Ghost), Mazepa, and Beatrix Cenci. The main subject of the “Presentations” section is Andrzej Bart. The section features a conversation with Bark, author of Rewers (Reverse), and two essays that discuss his fiction. The issue also contains the section “Reviews and Discussions”, featuring, among other texts, reviews of Krystyna Kłosińska’s Feministyczna krytyka literacka (Feminist Literary Criticism) and Tadeusz Sławek’s Ujmować. Henry David Thoreau i wspólnota świata (To Take Away. Henry David Thoreau and the Community of the World); and, finally, the “Chronicles” section.