Published: 2026-08-26

Tadeusz Różewicz’s Mother Departs Through the Lens of Jan Kochanowski’s Lament XIX

Zuzanna Sarnowska Profil ORCID autora Zuzanna Sarnowska

Abstract

The aim of this article is to describe the resemblances of Tadeusz Różewicz’s Mother Departs and Jan Kochanowski’s Lament XIX. It is an attempt to interpret Różewicz’s book through the lens of Lament XIX, which Różewicz mentioned as an important inspiration for his own volume. The most notable similarity between both texts turns out to be the unique role of mothers in the poets’ lives. In both cases mothers are guardians of universal values who possessing wisdom about human existence. Both poets attempt a search for what is most important through their works – the lost sense of meaning.

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Mother Departs, Tadeusz Różewicz, Jan Kochanowski, Lament XIX, Laments

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Sarnowska, Z. (2026). Tadeusz Różewicz’s Mother Departs Through the Lens of Jan Kochanowski’s Lament XIX. Colloquia Litteraria, 38(1/2025), 117–144. Retrieved from https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/cl/article/view/17007

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