Two Commas and a Hyphen by Krystyna Miłobędzka

Abstract

This interpretative essayistic article is devoted to a detailed micrological analysis of Krystyna Miłobędzka’s poems in her book Imiesłowy (Participles). The author attempts to show how three punctuation signs – two commas and one hyphen – can diametrically alter the surface interpretation of a work in the event of such seemingly minor details being omitted. In his conclusion, the author raises the question of whether it is possible, within a micrological analysis, to speak of separating interpretation from the philologist-collector’s pure overinterpretation.