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Article 2026

Obłęd według leksykografów

Authors / editors: Jolanta Migdał

Published in: Studia Językoznawcze

This article presents the lexicographic history of the lexeme obłęd. The source material is Polish etymological and general dictionaries, both historical and contemporary. The history of the word obłęd in Polish begins in the 15th century. Initially, the word meant delusion, stra…

DOI: 10.18276/sj.2026.24-13 · ISSN: 1730-4180

Article 2023

Die imaginierten Abenteuer eines Mönchs. E.T.A. Hoffmanns "Die Elixiere des Teufels" als Ausdruck romantischer Unsicherheit

Authors / editors: Magda Jaglewicz

Published in: Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia

This article analyses the madness motif in "Die Elixiere des Teufels" written by E.T.A. Hoffmann. There is consensus among literary scholars, that the novel’s protagonist exemplifies the problem of the split ego, the accompanying madness, and the impossibility of deciding for one…

DOI: 10.18276/cgs.2023.32-02 · ISSN: 2450-8543