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The Reflection of the Jewish Mystique in 20th century Polish Literature: Aleksander Wat

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2013

Abstract

Our text is an attempt to trace some signs of Jewish religiosity in the poetry of Aleksander Wat concentrating on mystic structures and emblems deep-rooted in Jewish religious, mystic tradition. We deal with the Jewish roots and circumstances of Wat´s poetic and it´s relationship with sacrum, with a kind of intertextual dialogue with many cultural symbols and concepts associated with Jewish mystique.

Therefore we analyze e.g. Wat´s relation to language, the phenomenon of commentary or the dialogical quality of his poetry.