Abstract
While being a European literature in its own eyes, Polish literature is usually described by outsiders as being one of the Eastern European (East-Central European) or Slavonic literatures. Such umbrella terms not only deprive it of its individual features but also of the Western European and transatlantic connections which have always been important for its development. In this article I scrutinize some of such umbrella terms on the one hand, whereas on the other I present the manners in which Polish authors functioning in the world used to define themselves. Finally, I discuss two examples of recent Polish poetry presented in an English-language poetry anthology in order to ask about a need of discussing European literature under outdated political concepts.
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