by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz edited by Daniel Gerould translated by Daniel Gerould
Northwestern University Press, 1992 Paper: 978-0-8101-0994-0 Library of Congress Classification PG7158.W52A24 1992 Dewey Decimal Classification 891.8527
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Forgotten during the Stalin years, Stanislaw Witkiewicz (1885-1939) was rediscovered in his native Poland only after the liberalization of 1956, when his works came to play a major role in freeing the arts from socialist realism. This collection, the first anthology in English, presents Witkiewicz in the full range of his creative and intellectual activities. The Witkiewicz Reader includes excerpts from three novels; four complete plays; letters to Malinowski; and selections from aesthetic, social, and philosophical essays detailing Witkiewicz's theory of Pure Form, his metaphysical system, and his apocalyptic view of the fate of civilization.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Forgotten during the Stalin years, Stanislaw Witkiewicz (1885-1939) was rediscovered in his native Poland only after the liberalization of 1956, when his works came to play a major role in freeing the arts from socialist realism.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Witkacy and the Creative Life
Part 1:
Witkiewicz Father and Son: Young Stas's Upbringing, 1885–1914
Cockroaches: A Comedy in One Act (1893)
Comedies of Family Life: Four Comedies (1893)
“On Dualism” (1902)
Letter to Malinowski (1906)
The 622 Downfalls of Bungo; or, The Demonic Woman (1910–11)
Part 2:
Tropics and Revolution, 1914–18
Letters (1914–18)
New Forms in Painting and the Misunderstandings Arising Therefrom (1919)
Part 3:
Pure Form and Marriage, 1918–24
The New Deliverance: A Play in One Act (1920)
Letters to Malinowski (1921–23)
“Pure Form in the Theater” (1921)
“Second Response to the Reviewers of The Pragmatists” (1922)
Janulka, Daughter of Fizdejko: A Tragedy in Four Acts (1923)
Part 4:
Portrait-Painting Firm, Drugs, and Novels, 1925–31
Farewell to Autumn (1926)
Letters to Malinowski (1927–29)
Rules of the S. I. Witkiewicz Portrait-Painting Firm (1928)
Narcotics: Nicotine, Alcohol, Cocaine, Peyote, Morphine, and Ether (1932)
Part 5:
Philosophy and Suicide 1931–39
“Response and Revelation” (1931)
“Metaphysical Feelings” (1931)
“Relations of Religion and Philosophy” (1932)
The Only Way Out (1931–33)
“Interview with Bruno Schulz” (1935)
“Bruno Schulz's Literary Work” (1935)
Unwashed Souls (1936)
Letters to Malinowski (1935–38)
“Balance Sheet on Formism” (1938)
Appendix
Contemporaries and Moderns Comment on Witkacy
Chronology: Witkiewicz and Malinowski
Biographical Notes
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by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz edited by Daniel Gerould translated by Daniel Gerould
Northwestern University Press, 1992 Paper: 978-0-8101-0994-0
Forgotten during the Stalin years, Stanislaw Witkiewicz (1885-1939) was rediscovered in his native Poland only after the liberalization of 1956, when his works came to play a major role in freeing the arts from socialist realism. This collection, the first anthology in English, presents Witkiewicz in the full range of his creative and intellectual activities. The Witkiewicz Reader includes excerpts from three novels; four complete plays; letters to Malinowski; and selections from aesthetic, social, and philosophical essays detailing Witkiewicz's theory of Pure Form, his metaphysical system, and his apocalyptic view of the fate of civilization.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Forgotten during the Stalin years, Stanislaw Witkiewicz (1885-1939) was rediscovered in his native Poland only after the liberalization of 1956, when his works came to play a major role in freeing the arts from socialist realism.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Witkacy and the Creative Life
Part 1:
Witkiewicz Father and Son: Young Stas's Upbringing, 1885–1914
Cockroaches: A Comedy in One Act (1893)
Comedies of Family Life: Four Comedies (1893)
“On Dualism” (1902)
Letter to Malinowski (1906)
The 622 Downfalls of Bungo; or, The Demonic Woman (1910–11)
Part 2:
Tropics and Revolution, 1914–18
Letters (1914–18)
New Forms in Painting and the Misunderstandings Arising Therefrom (1919)
Part 3:
Pure Form and Marriage, 1918–24
The New Deliverance: A Play in One Act (1920)
Letters to Malinowski (1921–23)
“Pure Form in the Theater” (1921)
“Second Response to the Reviewers of The Pragmatists” (1922)
Janulka, Daughter of Fizdejko: A Tragedy in Four Acts (1923)
Part 4:
Portrait-Painting Firm, Drugs, and Novels, 1925–31
Farewell to Autumn (1926)
Letters to Malinowski (1927–29)
Rules of the S. I. Witkiewicz Portrait-Painting Firm (1928)
Narcotics: Nicotine, Alcohol, Cocaine, Peyote, Morphine, and Ether (1932)
Part 5:
Philosophy and Suicide 1931–39
“Response and Revelation” (1931)
“Metaphysical Feelings” (1931)
“Relations of Religion and Philosophy” (1932)
The Only Way Out (1931–33)
“Interview with Bruno Schulz” (1935)
“Bruno Schulz's Literary Work” (1935)
Unwashed Souls (1936)
Letters to Malinowski (1935–38)
“Balance Sheet on Formism” (1938)
Appendix
Contemporaries and Moderns Comment on Witkacy
Chronology: Witkiewicz and Malinowski
Biographical Notes
Select Bibliography
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