Francesca Fornari
Konteksty Kultury, Volume 15 Issue 1, 2018, pp. 28 - 40
https://doi.org/10.4467/23531991KK.18.002.8768The article subjects to analysis the selected motifs of the Zbigniew Herbert’s poem Mr Cogito and the Imagination based on the draft copies of the work stored in the poet’s archive. The analysis of the manuscripts, which reveals a different, hidden aspect of the final text, allows to investigate what was omitted in the process of creation, e.g. the motif of Daedal and the reference to the Upanishads, and trace the development of the significant themes of the poem: a concept of identity and the notion of tautology.
Francesca Fornari
Konteksty Kultury, Special Issue (2019), 2019, pp. 58 - 70
https://doi.org/10.4467/23531991KK.19.015.11092The article subjects to analysis selected motifs from Zbigniew Herbert’s poem “Mr. Cogito and the Imagination” based on the draft copies of the work that are stored in the poet’s archive. An analysis of the manuscripts, which reveals a different, hidden aspect of the final text, allows for the investigation of what was omitted in the process of creation, such as the motif of Daedal and the reference to the Upanishads, and traces the development of the significant themes of the poem: a concept of identity and the notion of tautology.