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Living in translation : Polish writers in America / edited by Halina Stephan.

Van Pelt Library PG7388 .L58 2003
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Stephan, Halina.
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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