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Stanisław Wyspiański Wyzwolenie [ 1st edition, 1903].

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Stanislaw Wyspianski
Liberation. A drama in three acts

Kraków 1903 first edition
Printed in the printing house of the Jagiellonian Univ. by the author
Compiled at Gebethner's bookstore
194s.
o. contemporary with preserved 1 card. o. original booklet(a little too trimmed)
p. db+, some stains, stamps
For. ca: 19x13 cm

"Written in 1902 and published in January 1903, it undertakes a diagnosis of Poland at the time.

After the staging of "The Wedding" in 1901, Wyspianski was given a wreath with the number 44 to symbolize the fourth national bard[1]. Wyspianski responded to this explicit request from the public with "Liberation," whose main character was Konrad, a character from Adam Mickiewicz's "Dziady".
Title

The main character's task is the title liberation, which is to be accomplished on various levels:

liberation of Poland from political bondage;
liberation of the nation from inertia of spirit and will;
liberation of art.

The liberation of the poet, the protagonist of the drama, should also be added to the liberation issues. In this arrangement, the liberation of Poland is the final task.For this to happen, the nation must liberate itself from the state of inertia of will and mind, so that a revolution can take place in the consciousness of contemporaries. Before the final task, then, there must be a struggle over ideology.

The main character - Konrad - is to fight a battle for the souls and minds of Poles. He embarks on this task, wielding truth and art. He is the one who possesses the truth of liberation and is a poet, and for this reason art should give him power over souls. However, she herself is also waiting to be liberated from the bondage of the lie that makes her unserious. Therefore, no one takes her seriously, and as long as this state continues, Konrad's truth will not reach the audience, will not win the souls and minds of his contemporaries. Thus, the liberation process should begin with art. "