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Introduction
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portrayingagenerationofSladeSchoolpainterswhosecareersweremarred
bytheoutbreakoftheGreatWar,focusontheresponsibilitiesofthosewho
servedasolcialwarartistsorutilizedtheirdrawingskillstohelpreconstruc-
tionsurgeons,andultimatelyrevealthetherapeuticdimensionofpainting
(IzabelaCuryłło-Klag).InhisarttrilogyTeBookofEvidence,Ghosts,and
Athena,aswellasintheBooker-prizewinningTeSea,JohnBanvillecon-
centratesonthefunctionofmemorywhich,likeart,canfreezesignificant
momentsintimeandturnthemintoimages,thusbringingthepastintothe
present(MarekPawlicki).
Alongwithattemptstodefineandredefineartanditsfunction,the20th
centurysawyetanotheraspectofcreativeworkcometoprominence:the
emergenceofnewmedia,whichentailentirelynewmethodsoftheproduc-
tionandreproductionofart.WilliamGibson)sPatternRecognitionhighlights
themutualinterdependencesofart,marketingandbusinessinthecontem-
poraryworld,demonstratinghowthetraditionaloppositionbetweenuhigh”
andupopular”artbecomesblurredinthedynamicsofproductionandre-
ception(SławomirKozioł).Finally,asnewtrendsappearamongthewell-
establishedapproachestoliterature,newinsightsmaybegainedbyapplying
them.Astylometricanalysisof19th-centurynovelsyieldscolourfulcomputer
graphicswhichmightarguablybeconsideredasaformofabstractartthem-
selves,butwhichatthesametimehaveaclassificational,interpretative,and
representationalvalue(JanRybicki).
Teessaysinthiscollectionpointinsomeofthedirectionswhichliterary
criticismmaytake,followingpoetsandwriterswhohaveexpandedtheirdis-
coursetoincludenon-literaryformsofart.Suchdirectionsarecountless,as
perspectivesonartwillcontinuetoevolve,alongwithchangesanddevelop-
mentswhichshapeandmodifyhumanexistencefromdecadetodecade.Lit-
eraturewillcontinuetorecordandreflectonthisprocessinitsownunique
voice,sharinginart)spurpose,whichis-toquotethefamousaphorismof
GlennGould)s-uthelifelongconstructionofastateofwonder.”