Text by Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko Academic TBR piles/files are curious creatures – you never know what and when they may morph into… Mine is not even a pile, as the books spread across their dedicated shelves: library lending, adaptation studies, Victorian studies, neo-Victorian studies, crime studies, crime fiction, fiction fiction, etc. The files are a different […]
Text by Sylwia Grusza Maria Wirtemberska (1768–1854) was a pioneer in Polish literature of the first half of the 19th century. Although currently underappreciated and slightly forgotten in terms of research, Wirtemberska’s writings were widely read by her contemporaries. Guided by the notion of promoting didacticism through literary works, Wirtemberska wanted to combine the joy […]
Text by Maria Szafrańska-Chmielarz Vampires have been a part of culture for a long time. Greek, Slav, Asian, they have taken many forms and appeared in countless works, be it literature, cinema, comic books, TV series or computer games. Count Dracula, Carmilla, Lord Ruthven and many others are recognizable to almost everyone, having been part […]