Między sacrum a estetyzmem: Mniszki Kazimiery Zawistowskiej wobec Dla rymu Kazimierza Przerwy-Tetmajera

Abstract

This article examines the intertextual relationships between Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer’s poetic cycle Dla rymu [For the rhyme] and Kazimiera Zawistowska’s sonnet Mniszki [Nuns]. It focuses on the linguistic and semantic affinities between the two works, highlighting the dialogue Zawistowska establishes with Przerwa-Tetmajer’s poetry. Central to the analysis is the concept of “overwriting”, through which Mniszki emerges as both a reinterpretation of and a creative polemic with Dla rymu. The article also considers the iconographic context, exploring the connections between Zawistowska’s sonnet and Edward Burne-Jones’s painting The Wedding of Psyche, thereby enriching the discussion with visual and symbolic dimensions. The study concludes that the poem exemplifies a modernist play with literary conventions in which the sacred and aestheticism converge to create a coherent poetic vision of Atlantis: an idealized space that functions as a literary counterpart to a spiritual quest.