Essay as a Hydrofoil Boat: Reflections on Reading Jan Tomkowski’s Anthology of Polish Literary Essay

Abstract

The paper is a multifaceted and contextual attempt at discussing the anthology of Polish literary essay in the version proposed by Jan Tomkowski in the edition of Biblioteka Narodowa (Series I, no. 329). It is also an essay on this essay anthology.

Keywords

• polish literary essay
• anthology
• genre
• quasi-genre
• master edition