@misc{Walęciuk-Dejneka_Beata_Portret_2016, author={Walęciuk-Dejneka, Beata}, volume={14}, copyright={Rights Reserved - Free Access}, address={Warszawa}, journal={Journal of Urban Ethnology}, howpublished={online}, year={2016}, language={pol}, abstract={This article describes the literary – in the anthropological context – image of St. Petersburg, based on two texts: the documentary notes by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz and the literary guidebook by Ewa Ziółkowska. Both works show the city in the historical, cultural and literary perspective; yet each offers a slightly different, semantically diversified portrait of the same town. The book Petersburg by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz focused mainly on the experiences, impressions and emotions of the author caused by his journey to the cultural capital of Russia. This journey was undertaken relatively late in the author’s life: at the age of 77; hence the numerous analogies to, and polemics with, other text referring to St. Petersburg. The second book, Petersburg po polsku by Ewa Ziółkowska, is a literary guidebook to a very special place. The article attempts to interpret the city from the masculine and the feminine perspective, and in the light of two different narratives: the semiotic and the guidebook one}, type={Text}, title={Portret miasta: Petersburg po polsku}, URL={http://www.rcin.org.pl/iae/Content/61714/PDF/WA308_81124_P714_Portret-miasta-Peter_I.pdf}, keywords={Polish literature of the 20th and 21st century, documentary, literary guidebook, culture}, }