TY - JOUR
TI - Rafał Marceli Blüth as a Conrad Scholar
AU - Zabierowski, Stefan
TI - Rafał Marceli Blüth as a Conrad Scholar
AB - The aim of the present article is to present the achievements of Rafał Marceli Blüth (1891-1939) in the field of Conrad scholarship. During the period between the First and Second World Wars, Blüth was a prominent Catholic intellectual and—along with Prof. Józef Ujejski and the well-known writer Maria Dąbrowska—was one of Poland’s foremost Conrad critics. As well as interpreting Conrad’s novels, Blüth researched the writer’s biography, particularly with regard to the role played by family tradition in the Polish eastern borderlands. He also put forward a detailed interpretation of the factors which might have influenced Conrad’s decision to leave Poland while he was still in his teens. Blüth’s greatest achievements as a literary critic include interpretations of novels such as Victory, The Rover and Nostromo, an attempt to classify the main characters of Conrad’s novels and a study comparing Conrad’s writing and view of the world with those of Dostoevsky.
VL - 2017
IS - Vol. 12
PY - 2018
SN - 1899-3028
C1 - 2084-3941
SP - 7
EP - 26
DO - 10.4467/20843941YC.17.001.8658
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/yearbook-of-conrad-studies/article/rafal-marceli-bluth-as-a-conrad-scholar
KW - Rafał Marceli Blüth
KW - Polish Conrad scholarship between the wars
KW - Joseph Conrad’s biography
KW - Joseph Conrad’s writing
KW - Joseph Conrad’s novels