Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz e il mito di Re Ruggero II di Sicilia

Although strongly influenced at the beginning by the vision of Karol Szymanowski, the figure of Roger II became in Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz’s literary work the personification and emblem of syncretic, dynamic, and multicultural Sicily, the ideal union of the best values expressed by medieval Europe. Through the analysis of the narrative and lyric work of the Polish writer, the essay follows the genesis and evolution of this artistic myth through which Iwaszkiewicz expressed his conviction about the fundamental role played by some strong personalities in cultural exchanges and historical transformations of the European continent.