Open AccessRecenzja książki Moniki Malessy‑Drohomireckiej pt. Konwencje, stereotypy, złudzenia. Relacje kobiet i mężczyzn w prozie Josepha Conrada
Author(s) -
Grażyna Maria Teresa Branny,
Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
literaturoznawstwo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2451-1595
pISSN - 1897-340X
DOI - 10.25312/2451-1595.13/2019__08gmtb
Subject(s) - biography , context (archaeology) , subject (documents) , stereotypy , psychology , psychoanalysis , art , literature , history , library science , amphetamine , archaeology , neuroscience , computer science , dopamine
‘Under Joseph Conrad’s Eyes’: A Review of Monika Malessa-Drohomirecka’s Konwencje, stereotypy, złudzenia. Relacje kobiet i mężczyzn w prozie Josepha Conrada [Conventions, Stereotypes, Delusions: Male-Female Relationships in the Prose of Joseph Conrad] (Universitas, Kraków 2017, 334 pages) The review concerns a Conrad monograph by Monika Malessa-Drohomirecka titled Konwencje, stereotypy, złudzenia. Relacje kobiet i mężczyzn w prozie Josepha Conrada [Conventions, Stereotypes, Delusions: Male-Female Relationships in the Prose of Joseph Conrad], which appeared in print at Universitas as a post-doctoral publication in 2017. As the first full-fledged study on the subject on the Polish market, the book fills a gap in the Conrad studies in Poland in the area that has been well covered in the American and West European Conrad studies. The monograph explores male-female relationships in almost all of Conrad’s oeuvre in the context of his biography, the philosophical and literary trends as well as conventions of his epoch. However, as the review points out, albeit in itself nuanced, Malessa-Drohomirecka’s book seems to lack in in-depth analysis and ‚close reading’ at the expense of scope. Keywords: Joseph Conrad, men and women, relationships