TY - JOUR N2 - This article considers the role of the sister figure in Bruno Jasieński's early verse. His poems as well as various facts from his biography leave little doubt that this highly significant role was filled by Irena Zysman, his sister. The key to the dialectic of her presence/absence in the poet's life and work is to be found in the concept of melancholy. Although Jasieński would hardly be credited with that kind of sensibility, the relationship with his sister does show that melancholy was part of his psychological makeup. Moreover, by bringing in psychoanalytical analysis, the article shows how his melancholy morphed into mania, a transformation which in a way fuelled his political engagement. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/124646/PDF/2022-02-RL-05-Swiatkowski.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/124646 PY - 2022 IS - No 2 (371) EP - 273 DO - 10.24425/rl.2022.140967 KW - Polish literature of the early 20th century KW - Futurism KW - political engagement KW - melancholy KW - psychoanalysis KW - Bruno Jasieński (1901–1938) A1 - Świątkowski, Marcin PB - Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział w Krakowie Komisja Historycznoliteracka PB - Uniwersytet Jagielloński Wydział Polonistyki DA - 2022.10.06 T1 - “The last swallow”: The absence of Irena Zysman as a source of melancholy in the work of Bruno Jasieński SP - 263 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/124646 T2 - Ruch Literacki ER -