O tradycjach uniwersyteckich biografistyki naukowej (wokół Adama Mickiewicza Karola Estreichera i Juliusza Słowackiego Antoniego Małeckiego)

Abstract

The article approaches two biographies that were published in mid-nineteenth century in Lviv: Adam Mickiewicz by Karol Estreicher (1859) and Juliusz Słowacki. Jego życie i dzieła w stosunku do współczesnej epoki by Antoni Małecki (1866). The author of the article focuses on the research methods of both biographers, which were primarily inspired by their university studies. The article characterizes a circle of Estreicher’s professors from the Jagiellonian University, the tradition of Józef Muczkowski’s bibliography and Michał Wiszniewski’s philosophy of history. To contextualise Antoni Malczewski’s work, the author points to his studies in Wrocław and Berlin, emphasising their Hegelian character.