Między nauką a mitem. Poetycka astronomia w twórczości Edwarda Stachury

Between Science and Myth. Poetic Astronomy in Edward Stachura’s Works

The book analyses the literary description of the cosmos in Edward Stachura’s works. It emerges from scientific knowledge, but is strongly imbued with metaphysical and anthropological senses. In poet’s works celestial bodies are an important element of the mythical world structure, linked to poeticizing reality by the protagonist who – observing the sky and flaunting his astronomical knowledge – is, at the same time, searching for sacrum in nature. He constantly engages in a dialogue with the surrounding reality, which makes him know himself and the nature better.

Keywords: Edward Stachura, sacrum, astronomy in literature, myth, literature and science.