Zagadnienie żywotności klasycyzmu w komentarzach Franciszka Morawskiego do „Klasyków i romantyków polskich”

The object of the article is Franciszek Morawski’s commentary on his List do klasyków (Letter to the Classicists), a part of Klasycy i romantycy polscy (Polish Classicists and Romantics 1829). The poet makes use of thought of Johannes von Müller and Émile Deschamps in order to motivate the settlement between the Classicists and the Romantics. Only the settlement, which is in fact a sign of aesthetic-literary eclecticism, can enliven Classicism of that time. The rule of imitation, quite mechanically understood, and fear of any innovation in poetry are the reason of its decay.