W kręgu Tanatosa – problematyka kresu w poezji Julii Hartwig / Under the Spell of Thanatos: The Sense of the Ending in the Poetry of Julia Hartwig

Summary The article is concerned with the Thanatic motifs in the poetry of Julia Hartwig. These images analysis, are an essential part of her philosophical and existential reflection that opens up an eschatological perspective. They also help define her attitude towards the sacrum, the religious tradition and spirituality. The analysis reveals a tension between the spiritual experience spurred by liturgical rites and its various manifestations produced by other forms of interaction, eg. exposure to nature. An important factor in the shaping of Hartwig’s spiritual experience is her reflection about the nature of her tie with another human being. The presence of that tie helps her to overcome the fear of inner emptiness and transience. The dead, too, are endowed with an existential presence (in that sense in which the term is used by Karl Jaspers insidious despair the sense of emptiness confront the stand up to that with.