Diary: Witold Gombrowicz
A thinker, a genius, a cultural demonologist, Gombrowicz engages manipulates his reader in a game. Łukasz Wodzyński would welcome another round.
Articles written by: Lukasz Wodzynski
Dr. Łukasz Wodzyński graduated from the Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto. He currently teaches courses in Polish and Russian languages at the University of Toronto and MacMaster University. His research interests include the culture of European modernism, particularly in Poland and Russia, as well as studies on popular literature. He is a former SSHRC Doctoral Fellow and Chancellor Jackman Graduate Fellow in Humanities.
2014 Vol. 6 No. 2 — Summer / Books
2014 Vol. 6 No. 2 — Summer / Books / Poetry
Between Fire and Sleep: Essays On Modern Polish Poetry and Prose
Jaroslaw Anders’ book is at once a “farewell…to a certain way of reading” and “one of the best introductions to twentieth-century Polish literature.” Łukasz Wodzyński reviews.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books
The Other East and 19th-Century British Literature: Imagining Poland and the Russian Empire
The fickle affections of the Great Powers are well known in history. Thomas McLean’s The Other East looks at this unreliable relationship from a literary perspective. Reviewed by Lukasz Wodzynski.
2012 vol. 4 no. 1 — Spring / Books
The Idea of Galicia: History and Fantasy in Habsburg Political Culture
Larry Wolff’s rich and engaging tale about Galicia and its four ethnic groups – Poles, Austrian Germans, Ruthenians and Jews – all of whom assigned a different meaning to the “idea” of Galicia. Reviewed by Lukasz Wodzynski.
2011 Vol 3. No. 2 — Summer / Books
A Polish Book of Monsters: Five Dark Tales from Contemporary Poland
A new translation of eerie stories by contemporary Polish writers. From PIASA Books.
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