Lompa i Eichendorff – romantycy Górnego Śląska i ich tożsamość narodowa

Abstract

Upper Silesia is a region situated “in between” of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. Both Józef Lompa and Joseph Eichendorff are the nineteenth‑century writers born in this region. However, Lompa is known as a Polish poet whereas Eichendorff as a German one. It can be claimed that both of them chose their preferred nationality. Their biographies, although not connected with each other, show a specific character of Upper Silesia with its undefined identity, which is also noticeable nowadays. The article also reveals the shortage of scientific research on the nineteenth‑century western Polish borderland.