Subtelność, efemeryczność, nieoczywistość – specyfika literackiego śladu Josepha Conrada w przestrzeni miejskiej Warszawy i Krakowa .......... 35

SUBTLENESS, EVANESCENCE, ELUSIVENESS – THE SPECIFICITY OF JOSEPH CONRAD’S LITERARY TRACE IN THE URBAN SPACE OF WARSAW AND CRACOW

I would like to consider the influence of two Polish cities: Warsaw and Cracow on Conrad. Warsaw, where Conrad spent a short time when he was a child and where his family drama started: his father was arrested and his whole family was sent to exile, those events had a great influence on Conrad’s life and letters. Cracow, on the other hand, is connected with Conrad’s childhood and adult experience of sad memories and hope for a better future for Poland. I would like to analyse Conrad’s trace in those cities, to check if and how he is present there today. All those dependencies are very personal and difficult to catch. But at the same time they are very important and they cannot be overestimated.