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Joseph Conrad-Korzeniowski, an English Writer with a Polish Soul: Joseph Conrad’s Polish Heritage
2018
The article presents a portrait of Joseph Conrad-Korzeniowski, an English writer with a Polish soul. Conrad—the last Polish Romantic—did not only manage to introduce Polish dreams and longings into English (and Western) literature, but also transformed the Polish experience into a universal one. Writing about exotic, faraway places, he disseminated myths concerning Polish national identity, chivalric tradition and the Polish Eastern Borderland atmosphere and ethos. Conrad, a very demanding writer, never presents ready-made answers, nor does he offer simple solutions to the problems of his protagonists. Moreover, everybody can understand Conrad in their own personal way, for he is perceived …
(Table 1) Sea surface temperature reconstruction for eastern equatorial Pacific surface sediment samples
2012
Significant uncertainties persist in the reconstruction of past sea surface temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific, especially regarding the amplitude of the glacial cooling and the details of the post-glacial warming. Here we present the first regional calibration of alkenone unsaturation in surface sediments versus mean annual sea surface temperatures (maSST). Based on 81 new and 48 previously published data points, it is shown that open ocean samples conform to established global regressions of Uk'37 versus maSST and that there is no systematic bias from seasonality in the production or export of alkenones, or from surface ocean nutrient concentrations or salinity. The flattening…
« La correspondance entre Louise von François et Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1881-1891) »
2016
Conrad Under Polish Eyes - or: is Conrad still "one of us"?
2015
This article discusses the attitude of Polish Conrad scholars towards Conrad and his works from the very beginning of his literary career to the present day, discussing the way they have perceived Conrad’s national identity and his cultural belonging. Although I aim to present a review of Polish criticism over the years, I pay particular attention to modern criticism, i.e. that of the period since the end of the Second World War, which includes the years of de facto communist rule (1945-1989). I try to determine whether Conrad is still “one of us”, whether he can be perceived as a moralist in the twenty-fi rst century and whether there is a need for such a moralist in present-day Poland.
'Another Art Altogether': Heart of Darkness come romanzo breve
2002
By referring to a number of studies on Joseph Conrad as well as to critical works on the novella as a modern narrative form (from Henry James to Leibowitz, Nemerov and Kundera), this article explores how a reading of Heart of Darkness as a short novel can add new nuances to a better appreciation of Conrad's masterpiece.
Storylines : politics, history and narrative from an Arendtian perspective
2001
Conrad's "Gaspar Ruiz" and Turgenev's "King Lear of the Steppes"
2018
Joseph Conrad nie krył swojej irytacji po przeczytaniu recenzji Roberta Lynda opublikowanej 10 sierpnia 1908 w „Daily News”, która była próba ukazania osobliwych podobieństw pomiędzy Gasparem Ruizem Conrada i Stepowym Królem Lirem Turgieniewa. Chociaż jest możliwe wskazanie pewnych podobieństw między głównymi bohaterami obu utworów, nie ma podstaw, aby stwierdził, że Conrad, pisząc Gaspara Ruiza, inspirował się Stepowym Królem Lirem Turgieniewa. Tak jak złudne są próby przyporządkowania Conrada do jednej tradycji literackiej, tak samo nie można interpretować tekstów Conrada w jednym kontekście. Można założyć, że chociaż bohaterowie Turgieniewa i Conrada często są świadomi czyhającego na nic…
The Deathbed Repentance in Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilych" and Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"
2022
Joseph Conrad's Adventure With English
2022
This article discusses Conrad’s Anglophone linguistic identity to show how writing became his “promised land” and fictional homeplace. This fictional retreat reflects his childhood experience, (connected with his Polish background), hopes, and fears, but it is likewise refracted through episodes of his later life. Conrad’s own articulation of his complex relation to English, England, and his own nationality, reveals his outlook on literature and language: “When speaking, writing or thinking in English the word Home always means for me the hospitable shores of Great Britain” (Collected Letters 1:12) and “Both at sea and on land, my point of view is English, from which the conclusion should n…