LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Bendras daugiatautis Lenkijos ir Lietuvos palikimas; Daugiakultūris Abiejų Tautų Respublikos paveldas; Lenkiškumas; Lenkų literatūros istorija; Pasienio kraštas; Pasienis; Borderland; History of Polish literature; Multi-ethnic heritage of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; Polishness.
ENThe article outlines the history of Polish culture, underlining its borderland nature, while also showing the thematic connection occurring between the essays that follow it. It invokes a variety of examples of artists to whom an adjective „Polish” does not quite fi t, although the language of their work was the Polish language. It indicates „borderlandness” as a typical Polish trait. [From the publication]