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On the Drafts of the Poem “Mr. Cogito and the Imagination”

Publication date: 18.11.2019

Konteksty Kultury, 2019, Special Issue (2019), pp. 58 - 70

https://doi.org/10.4467/23531991KK.19.015.11092

Authors

Francesca Fornari
Uniwersytet Ca’ Foscari Venezia
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Translators

Filip Mazurczak Orcid

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On the Drafts of the Poem “Mr. Cogito and the Imagination”

Abstract

The 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.

Remarks

Originally published in Konteksty Kultury 2018, vol. 15, no. 1 (the Polish title: “O brulionach wiersza ‘Pan Cogito i wyobraźnia’”).

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Information: Konteksty Kultury, 2019, Special Issue (2019), pp. 58 - 70

Article type: Original article

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On the Drafts of the Poem “Mr. Cogito and the Imagination”

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Uniwersytet Ca’ Foscari Venezia

Published at: 18.11.2019

Article status: Open

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