The poet who failed his best play? Podmiot mówiący w utworach zespołu Nightwish wobec paradygmatu romantycznego

The poet who failed his best play? Speaking subject in the tracks of Nightwish in the face of the romantic paradigmThe article gives an insight into the problem of lyrical subject in songs recorded by Nightwish, along with the myth of the damned poet led by the group’s leader, Tuomas Holopainen, and romantic concepts of poetry, love and nature. It raises issues of autobiography and authenticity of artists, as well as the multidisciplinary narrative in rock music led on literary, iconic and musical levels. This text focuses primarily on the early Nightwish songs, the Century Child concept album and the End of an Era concert as the last live performance of Nightwish with Tarja Turunen as the lead singer.