Poets meeting in space and word. On Norwid’s poems addressed to Józef Bohdan Zaleski

Grażyna Halkiewicz-Sojak

doi:10.18290/sn.2020.39.9en

Published : 2024-12-13

Vol. 39 No. English Version (2021)

Poets meeting in space and word. On Norwid’s poems addressed to Józef Bohdan Zaleski

Grażyna Halkiewicz-Sojak

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4622-7529

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/sn.2020.39.9en

Abstract

This article offers an interpretation of two poems by Cyprian Norwid, which are addressed toJózef Bohdan Zaleski: Do Józefa Bohdana Zaleskiego w Rzymie 1847-o [To Józef Bohdan Zaleski in Rome,1847] and Na przyjazd Teofila Lenartowicza do Fontainbleau [On the Arrival of Teofil Lenartowicz in Fontainbleau]. The latter is a poetic letter that recommends to Lenartowiczthat he should pay a visit to the Zaleski family. These poems allow us a glimpse into the relationship between the three 19th-century poets. The article elaborates on certain biographical elements but primarily reveals how Norwid regarded the differences between his own imagination and poetic stance on the one hand, and the works of his two friends on the other. Further, it shows how the awareness of this opposition led the poet to recognize aspects of his own place on the map of Polish poetry. Microanalysis of selected themes also facilitates indicating certain features they all share.

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Cyprian Norwid, Józef Bohdan Zaleski, Teofil Lenartowicz, dialogues between poets, Romantic lyricism, poetic letters

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Grażyna Halkiewicz-Sojak

grahos@op.pl
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4622-7529

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Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Poland

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

Grażyna Halkiewicz-Sojak – professor, researcher and interpreter of 19th and 20th-century poetry. Her research interest is centred on Norwid’s work, to which she has devoted numerous articles and books (Byron w twórczości Norwida [1994], Wobec tajemnicy i prawdy. O Norwidowskich obrazach “całości” [1998], Nawiązane ogniwo. Studia o poezji Cypriana Norwida i jej kontekstach [2010]). She has also published studies onthe works of Zygmunt Krasiński, Juliusz Słowacki, Adam Mickiewicz and the 20th-century poetic reception of Polish Romanticism in exile and Norwid’s output (in the works of Zbigniew Herbert, Karol Wojtyła, Stanisław Baliński, Tadeusz Różewicz). She is co-editor of the journal Studia Norwidiana and participates in the works of the critical edition of Norwid’s Dzieła wszystkie [Complete Works]. Professionally affiliated with the Department of Polish Studies at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, member of the Board of the Toruń Society of Arts and Sciences.