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Acknowledgments
Thisbookisashortenedandmodifiedversionofthedoctoraldissertation
IwroteattheUniversityofSilesiawithProfessorPiotrWilczekasthe
advisor,towhomIremaingratefulforallhishelpandencouragement.
Iamequallythankfultothedistinguishedreviewersofthedissertation,
ProfessorAndrzejWicheroftheUniversityofŁódź,whohasassistedmy
scholarlyactivitiesformanyyearsinformally,butwithgreatdedication,
andProfessorTadeuszRachwałoftheEnglishDepartmentattheSchool
ofAppliedPsychologyinWarsaw,whoalsotaughtmealot.Iwouldalso
liketoexpressmygratitudetothereviewerofthisbook,ProfessorAndrzej
DąbrówkaoftheInstituteofLiteraryStudiesatthePolishAcademyofSci-
ences,Warsaw(InstytutBadańLiterackichPolskiejAkademiiNauk)for
allhishelpfulcommentaries.MygreatestthanksgotoProfessorChristo-
pherJ.WheatleyoftheCatholicUniversityofAmerica,WashingtonDC,
whokindlyagreedtoproofreadthisbookandcommentedonthecontents
aswell,andtoZuzannaSzatanikandRafałBorysławski,whoalsocon-
tributedtotheprocessofimprovingthetext.IowealottoProfessorTa-
deuszSławekoftheUniversityofSilesia,underwhosesupervisionIhad
thepleasureofworkingintheDepartmentofComparativeLiteraturedur-
ingthewritingofmydissertation.ProfessorKrzysztofJarosz,forwhom
Iwork,wassokindastohelpmeenormouslyatvariousstagesofthe
book’spublication.
Iwouldliketothankallmycolleaguesandfriendsfromvariousaca-
demicinstitutionswhomIwasfortunatetomeetatconferencesandsemi-
narsthroughoutmydoctoralstudiesforalltheircommentariesandshowing
interestinmywork.Mymanythanksgotothestaffoftheinterlibraryloan
atmyuniversity,whoforyearskeptsupplyingmewithallthenecessary
textualsources.Lastbutnotleast,Ioweabigdebtofgratitudetomyfamily,
especiallytomymotherWandaMajeranowska,myhusbandDaniel,myson
Krzyś,andmydaughterAgata,bornatthetimeofthebook’sediting.
