TY - JOUR
TI - Joseph Conrad-Korzeniowski, an English Writer with a Polish Soul: Joseph Conrad’s Polish Heritage
AU - Skolik, Joanna
TI - Joseph Conrad-Korzeniowski, an English Writer with a Polish Soul: Joseph Conrad’s Polish Heritage
AB - The article presents a portrait of Joseph Conrad-Korzeniowski, an English writer with a Polish soul. Conrad—the last Polish Romantic—did not only manage to introduce Polish dreams and longings into English (and Western) literature, but also transformed the Polish experience into a universal one. Writing about exotic, faraway places, he disseminated myths concerning Polish national identity, chivalric tradition and the Polish Eastern Borderland atmosphere and ethos. Conrad, a very demanding writer, never presents ready-made answers, nor does he offer simple solutions to the problems of his protagonists. Moreover, everybody can understand Conrad in their own personal way, for he is perceived as “one of us,” no matter who “we” are. 
VL - 2018
IS - Vol. 13
PY - 2018
SN - 1899-3028
C1 - 2084-3941
SP - 119
EP - 128
DO - 10.4467/20843941YC.18.009.11244
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/yearbook-of-conrad-studies/artykul/joseph-conrad-korzeniowski-an-english-writer-with-a-polish-soul-joseph-conrads-polish-heritage
KW - Joseph Conrad-Korzeniowski
KW - Polish soul
KW - English writer
KW - Polish identity
KW - chivalric tradition
KW - Polish Eastern Borderlands