Zapomniane artykuly Karola Irzykowskiego: wstep Henryk Markiewicz; Karol Irzykowski, Duchowe zycie Polski. Literatura polska w ostatnim stuleciu. Przelozyla Malgorzata Lukasiewicz; Karol Irzykowski, Literatura powojenna w Polsce. Odprezenia i nowe napiecia. Przelozyla Malgorzata Lukasiewicz

It is the first publication of Karol Irzykowski’s two sketches of Polish literature written in German and published in 1928 in the German periodical “Völkermagazin” under the common title Poland’s Spiritual Life (Das geistige Leben Polens). In the former article Irzykowski outlines Polish 19th century literature which includes Romanticism, Positivism and Young Poland. In the latter, referring to postwar literature, the author discusses the new literary trends which spread from other countries and reached Poland but changed their nature due to the new situation in Poland after the First World War. Irzykowski surveys the literary activity of postwar poets, novelist, and dramatists, starting with the Skamander Poets, then moves to novel and drama and stops at pacifistic and memoir literature.