The Battle of the Skamander

Eliza Kącka

doi:10.18778/2299-7458.08.21

Authors

Eliza Kącka University of Warsaw https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9589-936X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/2299-7458.08.21

Keywords:

pamphlet, Skamander, szopka comedy play, polemic, nationalism

Abstract

The article offers a reconstruction of the text-based fight between Adolf Nowaczyński and Antoni Słonimski. It was not, as it is argued here, only a contest of styles and temperaments – though this exchange proved one of the most impressive, powerful, and dramatic polemics of that time in terms of articulation. However, it stemmed from a long history of tumultuous contacts which offered an amplified view of the problems of identity (Jewishness), politics, and community. A comprehensive view of the combat between Nowaczyński and Słonimski requires both an analysis of the rhetorics of the texts and an investigation into the context and dynamics of publication.

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Author Biography

Eliza Kącka, University of Warsaw

Eliza Kącka – Ph.D., born in 1982. Assistant professor at the Faculty of Polish Studies, University of Warsaw. She published the following academic books: Stanisław Brzozowski wobec Cypriana Norwida (Warsaw 2012) and Lektura jako spotkanie. Brzozowski – tekst – metoda (Universitas, 2017), as well as fiction: Elizje (Lokator, 2017) and Po drugiej stronie siebie (Lokator, 2019). She was the co-editor of the anthology of recent Polish poetry – Poeci i poetki przekraczają granice (FA-art, 2011) – and the editor of collections of less recent poetry (including that by Norwid). She is a member of the Executive Board of the Adam Mickiewicz Literary Society. She is a reviewer and avid reader of modern literature.

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