“Outpours into emptiness”. Correspondence between Stanisław Vincenza and Kazimierz Wierzyński from the perspective of intimism

Abstract

The main purpose of the article is to show the specificity of Stanisław Vincenz’s epistolary art from the perspective of intimism. The author introduces the nature of editorial work, presents the role of correspondence in the life of the author of Połonina, and outlines the numerous thematic areas of his letters. The commentary is also a kind of introduction to the correspondence of Stanisław Vincenz and Kazimierz Wierzyński, which spanned the years 1954–1956. The editorial treatment of the letters was based on photocopies from the Polish Library in London and the Stanisław Vincenz Archive at the Ossoliński National Institute in Wrocław.