THE WITKIEWICZ
READER
Edited, Translated, and
with an Introduction
by DANIEL GEROULD
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THE WITKIEWICZ READER
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WITKIEWICZ, STANISLAW IGNACY
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THE
WITKIEWICZ
READER
EDITED,
TRANSLATED,
AND
WITH AN
INTRODUCTION
BY DANIEL GEROULD
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PRESS
EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
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7158
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Northwestern University Press
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Evanston, Illinois 60201-2807
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1992
Copyright©1992 by Northwestern University Press
All rights reserved. Published 1992
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ISBN: cloth 0-8101-0980-8
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Witkiewicz, Stanisław Ignacy, 1885–1939.
[Selections. English. 1992]
The Witkiewicz reader / Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ; edited,
translated, and with an introduction by Daniel Gerould.
p.
cm.
Collection of translations of the plays, essays, and fiction of
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8101-0980-8 (lib. bdg.). ISBN 0-8101-0994-8 (pbk.)
1. Witkiewicz, Stanisław Ignacy, 1885–1939—Translations into
English. I. Gerould, Daniel Charles, 1928-
PG7158.W52A24
1992
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for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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TO THE MEMORY OF KONStanty PuzynA,
FIRST EDITOR AND BEST CRITIC OF WITKACY
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Illustrations
Preface .....
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments...
Introduction: Witkacy and the Creative Life
Part 1: Witkiewicz Father and Son: Young Stas's Upbringing,
1885-1914......
Cockroaches: A Comedy in One Act (1893).....
..ix
...xi
.xiii
1
......... 27
............. 34
Comedies of Family Life: Four Comedies (1893)............... 37
■"On Dualism" (1902).
Letter to Malinowski (1906) ………………………………………..
The 622 Downfalls of Bungo; or, The Demonic Woman
(1910–11)...............
47
50
Part 2: Tropics and Revolution, 1914-18 ................
Letters (1914-18).....
New Forms in Painting and the Misunderstandings
Arising Therefrom (1919) ...
Part 3: Pure Form and Marriage, 1918-24.........
52
75
...... 79
....... 107
117
The New Deliverance: A Play in One Act (1920)............ 125
Letters to Malinowski (1921-23).......
"Pure Form in the Theater" (1921)..
143
147
"Second Response to the Reviewers of
The Pragmatists" (1922)....
153
Janulka, Daughter of Fizdejko: A Tragedy in Four Acts
(1923)...
......... 155
Part 4: Portrait-Painting Firm, Drugs, and Novels, 1925–31………………………….. 207
Farewell to Autumn (1926)................
........ 212
Letters to Malinowski (1927-29)..
Rules of the S. I. Witkiewicz Portrait-Painting Firm
(1928)....
Narcotics: Nicotine, Alcohol, Cocaine, Peyote,
Morphine, and Ether (1932) ....
..... 237
.... 239
243
...........
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