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- ISBN 9783631914014
- Weight: 471g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 10 Sep 2025
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
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The eponymous inter esse means the elusive “third” position of that which lies between, that which escapes unambiguous classification and constitutes the essence of Romanticism. The book provides a constellation of texts, a clash of case studies that provide contrasting views of Romanticism, shifting between inspiration and virtuosity (Hugo and Mickiewicz), feminine poetry and the fantasy of femininity (Desbordes-Valmore and Z˙michowska; de Nerval and Krasin´ski), along with optimistic versus pessimistic—even nihilistic—reactions to disenchantment with the Enlightenment (Novalis, Krasin´ski, Malczewski, Macha, Bonaventura, Buchner, Goszczyn´ski).
‘Siwiec’s comparative analysis … juxtaposes the familiar with the foreign, taking Polish and foreign-language writers under critical literary scrutiny. As a result, we receive a study that is not only exceptionally insightful, original, and engaging for the reader from the very beginning but also composed almost mathematically, striking with its transparent order.’
– Jerzy Jarniewicz, University of Lodz
Magdalena Siwiec is a Professor of Comparative Literature at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. She focused on nineteenth-century literature and comparative literature studies, she authored numerous articles and seven monographs in the field.
