Space and myth in poems of Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska

W artykule autorka analizuje mityzację przestrzeni w wierszach Marii Pawlikowskiej-Jasnorzewskiej. Zabiegowi temu poddane zostały dwa miasta szczególnie bliskie poetce - Kraków oraz Paryż.The present article deals with mythicism of space in the poetry of Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, whose works are characterized by specific kind of mythopoeia; the poet interprets and transforms traditional myths (Venus, Narcissus, the Moon) as well as creates and forms new ones. Mythicism of physical reality consists in perception and shaping of the world according to the laws of myth, which endows all its components with significance. In this way Pawlikowska describes her native Cracow with its surroundings and creates her own myth of Paris as a city of magic