An Adventure for All Ages: History, Post-Memory, and Romance in Tomasz Różycki's <i>Twelve Stations</i>
Journal: Slavic Review
Year: 2024

Abstract The article examines Tomasz Różycki’s 2004 mock epic Twelve Stations . The poem recounts an oneiric tale about a community of expatriates from Poland’s Eastern Borderlands who send their grandson on a mission to assemble a scattered family and guide it to their lost homeland in today’s Ukraine. Revolving around the issues of memory, post-memory, and nostalgia, Twelve Stations draws heavily from the adventure tradition to present a fresh perspective on modern Poland’s founding myths: the