Eglė - jedna z pierwszych litewskich poetek

ENThis essay deals with one of the first Lithuanian women poets. Ludwika Malinowska (Liudvika Malinauskaitė-Šliūpienė, 1864-1928) came from a noble family from Szawle (Šiauliai), and was active in the movement for Lithuanian national rebirth. The essay discusses Malinauskaitė’s Lithuanian-language poetry, published in the journal Auszra and in other Lithuanian periodicals from the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. It principally shows: 1) her links with Polish literature (inter alia, with contemporary regionalism and the Romantic balladic tradition; 2) elements that demonstrate the closeness of Malinauskaitė’s poetry with contemporary tendencies in Lithuanian-language poetry, and also with the ideas of Lithuanian national emancipation and women’s emancipation current in journalism. Research into the writings and public activities of authors like Ludwika Malinowska also makes it possible to ask questions that in the nineteenth century were of importance both for Poles and Lithuanians, questions concerning the relations between regionalism and the national idea. [From the publication]