Shadows of Everyday Life. The Poetics of the Description in The Doll in the Light of Notes on the Composition of Bolesław Prus

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The article defines the importance of late nineteenth-century research and psychological reflections for the construction of descriptions in Boleslaw Prus’ The Doll. The issues related to the description of the world and the man – as shown by the author’s ‘composition notes’ from that time – built an important thread of his epistemological and artistic reflection. Theoretical notes by the author of The Doll make it possible to present this novel in a slightly different light: as a testing ground for techniques developed in the psychological workshop of influence and impressions for the interested reader.