(Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk, 2013-12-30) Fischer, Jakub
This article tends to analyse the problems concerning the reception of ancient theory of melancholia, especially
in renaissance and early Baroque literary studies. The melancholia as disease, habit, fear, cognition, meditation,
inspiration and sin, is also very inspiring idea, allowing to understand the essence of Old Polish metaphysical
poetry, in particular the complex of metaphysical poet – his behaviour, reasons, inspirations and attitudes.