Notes on contributors.
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Notes on Contributors
Janina Abramowska — literary h istorian, P rofessor o f the A. M ic
kiewicz U niversity in P o zn ań ; m ajo r w orks: “O szesnastowiecznych koncepcjach trag izm u ” (On 16th-C entury C o nceptions o f the T ra gic), [in:] E stetyka, po etyka , literatura, W roclaw 1973; Ład i fortuna.
O tragedii renesansowej w Polsce (Order and Fortune. On Polish Renaissance Tragedy), W rocław 1974.
Hanna Dziechcińska — histo rian o f R enaissance an d B aroque literature,
concerned m ainly with problem s o f literary culture, P rofessor o f the Institute o f L iterary Studies o f the Polish A cadem y o f Sciences; m ajo r w orks: Biografistyka staropolska w latach 1473— 1627. Kie
run ki i odm iany (Polish Biographical W ritings 1473— 1627. Directions and Varieties), W roclaw 1971; W krzyw ym zwierciadle. O ka ry ka turze i pam flecie czasów renesansu {In the D istorting M irror. On Renaissance Caricature and Pam phlet), W roclaw 1976; Literatura a zabawa {Literature and Play), W arszaw a 1981.
Michał Głowiński (b. 1934) — literary historian an d theoretician,
P rofessor o f the In stitu te o f L iterary Studies o f the Polish Academ y o f Sciences, concerned m ainly with relation o f poetics and literary sociology, an d p articularly with problem s o f reception o f literature; m ajo r w orks published in the last decade : Gry powieściowe. S zkice
z teorii i historii form narracyjnych {The N ovel Games. Studies in the Theory and H istory o f Narrative Forms), W arszaw a 1973; Style odbioru {Styles o f Literary Reception), W arszaw a 1977; Zaświat przedstaw iony {The O ther W orld Presented), W arszaw a 1981.
Roman Ingarden (1893— 1970) — philosopher, aesthetician and theore
tician o f literature, disciple o f H usserl, one o f the leading repre sentatives o f the phenom enological thou ght. H e gained recognition th ro u g h o u t the w orld, his w orks being translated into m any lan guages, an d found m any follow ers creating a philosophical sch o o l—in Lvov (before 1939) and in C racow (after 1945).
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Mieczysław Klimowicz (b. 1919) — literary historian, P ro fessor o f the
W roclaw U niversity, particularly concerned with com parative studies, a u th o rs o f m any w orks on the theatre o f the E nlightenm ent period an d o f a university h an d b o o k on the Polish literatu re o f the Enlightenm ent.
Grzegorz Sinko (b. 1923) — h isto rian o f English literature, especially
concerned with sem iotics o f th e theatre, a u th o r o f m any studies in history and theory o f dram a. Professor o f the A rt In stitu te o f the Polish A cadem y o f Sciences; recent w orks: K ryzys ję z y k a
w dramacie współczesnym. R zeczyw istość czy złudzenie? (Language in Modern Drama at the Crisis. Reality or Delusion?), W roclaw
1977; Opis przedstawienia teatralnego — problem sem iotyczny (Des
criptions o f a Theatrical Perform ance—a Sem iotic Problem),
W roclaw 1982.
Lech Sokół (b. 1942) — o f the A rt Institute o f the Polish A cadem y
o f Sciences, dealing m ainly with the theatre o f the tu rn o f the century, ed ito r o f S trin dberg an d S.I. W itkiewicz, a u th o r o f studies devoted to those tw o playw rights, e.g. G roteska w teatrze S. I. W it
kiew icza (Grotesque in S.I. W itkiew icz’s Theatre), now w orking
