The “vertical” dimension of norwidology

The article deals with the problem of Norwid’s irony in relation to his anthropology. This issue emerges in the discussion with the book by Lidia Banowska (Byt i światłocień. O anthropologii poetyckiej Norwida [Being and Chiaroscuro. On Norwid’s Poetic Anthropology]). The reflections presented by the author lead to the conclusion that solving the aesthetic problem of the poem is the interpreter’s task.