Editing Polish literature (section)

==Young Poland (1890–1918)==
The [[modernist]] period known as the [[Young Poland]] movement in visual arts, literature and [[Polish music|music]], came into being around 1890, and concluded with the [[Second Polish Republic|Poland's return to independence]] (1918). The period was based on two concepts. Its early stage was characterized by a strong [[Aesthetics|aesthetic]] opposition to the ideals of [[Positivism in Poland|its own predecessor]] (promoting ''organic work'' in the face of foreign occupation). Artists following this early philosophy of Young Poland believed in [[Decadent movement|decadence]], [[Symbolism (arts)|symbolism]], conflict between human values and civilization, and the existence of [[art for art's sake]]. Prominent authors who followed this trend included [[Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer]], [[Stanisław Przybyszewski]] and [[Jan Kasprowicz]]. The later ideology emerged in conjunction with the socio-political upheavals across Europe such as the [[1905 Revolution]] against [[Nicholas II of Russia]], the [[Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905|Norwegian independence]], the [[First Moroccan Crisis|Moroccan Crisis]] and others. It was a continuation of [[Romanticism in Poland|romanticism]], often called neo-romanticism. The artists and writers following this idea covered a large variety of topics: from the sense of personal mission of a [[Polish people|Pole]] exemplified by [[Stefan Żeromski]]'s prose, through condemnation of social inequality in works by [[Władysław Reymont]] and [[Gabriela Zapolska]], to criticism of Polish society and Polish revolutionary history by [[Stanisław Wyspiański]]. In 1905 [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]] received a Nobel Prize in literature for his [[The Trilogy|patriotic Trilogy]] inspiring a new sense of hope. Writers of this period include:<ref name=M-B-D>{{in lang|pl}} J. Maurin-Białostocka, J. Derwojed, ''Słownik artystów polskich i obcych w Polsce działających.'' Warszawska Drukarnia Naukowa [[Polish Academy of Sciences|PAN]], Wrocław 1979, [[Ossolineum]]</ref>
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* [[Wacław Sieroszewski]] (1858–1945)
* [[Jan Kasprowicz]] (1860–1926)
* [[Antoni Lange]] (1863–1929)
* [[Stefan Żeromski]] (1864–1925), ''[[Przedwiośnie]]'' <small>(trilogy)</small>
* [[Franciszek Nowicki]] (1864–1935)
* [[Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer]] (1865–1940)
* [[Władysław Reymont]] (1867–1925), ''[[Chłopi]]'', <small>[[Nobel Prize in Literature]], 1924</small>
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* [[Stanisław Wyspiański]] (1869–1907)
* [[Tadeusz Miciński]] (1873–1918)
* [[Tadeusz Rittner]] (1873–1921)
* [[Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński]] (1874–1941), ''[[Zielony Balonik]]''
* [[Władysław Orkan]] (1875–1930)
* [[Wacław Berent]] (1878–1940)
* [[Leopold Staff]] (1878–1957)
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