From a Gothic Text to a Neobaroque Cinema: Wojciech Jerzy Has’s Adaptation of James Hogg’s ”The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner”
Journal: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature
Year: 2019

&lt;p&gt;The article discusses the journey of the gothic novel &lt;em&gt;The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner &lt;/em&gt;(1824)&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;by James Hogg (1770-1835) from the repertoire of Scottish Romanticism to the neobaroque film adaptation &lt;em&gt;Osobisty pamiętnik grzesznika przez niego samego spisany &lt;/em&gt;(1986)&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;by the Polish filmmaker Wojciech Jerzy Has (1925-2000). The film demonstrates Has’s anamorphic position and emphasizes t