The Metaphysical Power of White

• Published in: Perspektywy Kultury
• Main Author: Ruszar, Józef Maria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Polish
• Published: Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie 2022
• Subjects: Jan Polkowski; Ryszard Krynicki; Bruno Jasieński; Solovki; Solovetsky Islands; GULAG; communist crimes; sanctity in literature/sacred in literature; contemporary religious poetry; Sołówki; Wyspy Sołowieckie; GUŁag; komunistyczne zbrodnie; świętość w literaturze/sacrum w literaturze; współczesna poezja religijna; Solovetsky; White Sea
• Online Access: https://czasopisma.ignatianum.edu.pl/pk/article/view/2408; https://doi.org/10.35765/pk.2022.3803.29

The interpretation of Jan Polkowski’s poem Morze białe [White Sea] analyzes the phenomenon of contemporary religious poetry that does not necessarily thematically deal with God. The essence of such poetry is a vision of the world, fundamentally religious, assuming trust and entrustment regardless of...