Copper gadgets, Jack the Ripper and neo-Victorian Batman in Sam Liu’s Gotham by Gaslight

text by Maria Szafrańska-Chmielarz The history of Batman, though nominally beginning in 1939, has much older roots. The creation of the comic book hero is disputed – whether the credit belongs to Bob Kane or Bill Fingers; although both authors cite different sources as their inspiration (Leonardo da Vinci’s drafts, Robert the Bruce, Baroness Orczy’s […]

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QAQV – year 1

text by Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko Our group was officially established on February 23rd 2022, and within these 12 months we have been far from idle;) Why not use this anniversary to take a brief look at what we’ve been doing? QAQV blogs After some technical glitches, our redesigned website went live in April and we started […]

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The Poems of Ossian vs Malvina, or the Heart’s Intuition

Text by Sylwia Grusza I would like to share some details regarding my latest publication included in the 55th volume of Bibliotekarz Podlaski – Romantyzm polski: początki. Spojrzenia komparatystyczne (Polish Romanticism: The Beginnings. Comparative Views). The issue focuses on the beginnings of Polish Romanticism and comparative aspects of literary works from this period. It’s worth highlighting […]

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