Published: 2019-12-31

From Peter Pan to The Secrets of Butterflies: Stefania Szuchowa, Zofia Rogoszówna, James Matthew Barrie, and Others – (Almost) a Family Story

Aleksandra Wieczorkiewicz
Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura
Section: Studies
DOI https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.102

Abstract

The aim of the article is to conduct a comparative analysis of intertextual filiations between a debut book of Polish writer Stefania Szuchowa, titled Tajemnice motyli [The Secrets of Butterflies] (1920), and James Matthew Barrie’s Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906) which first appeared in Poland in 1913 as Przygody Piotrusia Pana [Peter Pan’s Adventures] thanks to the translation by Zofia Rogoszówna. As an essential context to this study, the author of the paper presents an almost unknown biography of Szuchowa who debuted as a writer during the interwar period – a prolific and intensive time in Polish publishing for children, including both original and translated books. This analysis of intertextual relations connecting the works by Barrie and Szuchowa is supplemented by a comparative study of striking resemblances between Stefan Norblin’s illustrations to the first edition of Tajemnice motyli and Arthur Rackham’s graphics to Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.

Supporting Agencies

The article was prepared as part of the Polish National Science Centre grant Etiuda 7 – project no. 2019/32/T/HS2/00116: Polska recepcja przekładowa dzieł trojga pisarzy „złotego wieku” anglojęzycznej literatury dla dzieci – George’a MacDonalda, Jamesa Matthew Barriego oraz Cicely Mary Barker [Polish Translation Reception of the Works of Three Writers of the Golden Age of English Literature for Children – George MacDonald, James Matthew Barrie, and Cicely Mary Barker].

Keywords:

Arthur Rackham, interwar period, children’s book illustration, intertextuality, James Matthew Barrie, British literature, children’s literature, Polish literature, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, translation, Stefan Norblin, Stefania Szuchowa, Tajemnice motyli [The Secrets of Butterflies], Zofia Rogoszówna

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Wieczorkiewicz, A. (2019). From Peter Pan to The Secrets of Butterflies: Stefania Szuchowa, Zofia Rogoszówna, James Matthew Barrie, and Others – (Almost) a Family Story. Dzieciństwo. Literatura I Kultura, 1(2), 58–86. https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.102

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