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Living in translation : Polish writers in America / edited by Halina Stephan.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in Slavic literature and poetics ; v. 38.
- Studies in Slavic literature and poetics ; v. 38
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authors, Polish--20th century--Criticism and interpretation.
- Authors, Polish.
- Authors, Polish--United States--Criticism and interpretation.
- Polish American literature--20th century--History and critism.
- Polish American literature.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 382 pages ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Polish writers in America
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2003.
- Summary:
- This volume discusses the interaction of Polish and American culture, the transfer of the Central European experience abroad and the acculturation of major representatives of Polish literature to the United States. Contributions written by American specialists in Polish Studies tell the story of contemporary Polish expatriates who recently lived or are currently living in the U.S.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the last exiles / Halina Stephan
- America, America : scouting the routes of translation / Beth Holmgren
- The gift returned : Czesław Miłosz and American poetry / Bogdana Carpenter
- Setting the handbrake : Barańczak's poetics of displacement / Clare Cavanaugh
- A field guide to Tymoteusz Karpowicz / Frank Kujawinski and Tomasz Tabako
- Eroticism and exile : Anna Frajlich's poetry / Regina Grol
- Jerzy Kosinski : a Polish immigrant / Thomas Gladsky
- Leopold Tyrmand, peripheral subordination and the American conservative movement / Ewa M. Thompson
- Marek Hłasko's Letters from America / Roman Koropeckyj
- Henryk Grynberg : the quest for artistic and non-artistic truth / Anna Frajlich
- Eva Hoffman : forging a postmodern identity / Madeline Levine
- Arden and Absolute Milan : Jan Kott in exile / Allen J. Kuharski
- Many happy returns : Janusz Głowacki and his exilic experience / Tamara Trojanowska
- Exile and emigration in the films of Roman Polanski / Herbert J. Eagle
- Agnieszka Holland reads Hollywoood / Maria T. Stalnaker
- Inscribing otherness : Polish-American writers after the great divide / George Z. Gasyna.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9042010169
- OCLC:
- 52645706
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