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Zapolska's women : three plays : Malka Szwarcenkopf, The man and Miss Maliczewska / translated and introduced by Teresa Murjas.
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance Available from 2009 until 2009. Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zapolska, Gabriela, 1857-1921.
- Series:
- Playtext series.
- Playtext series
- Standardized Title:
- Plays. English. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polish literature.
- Zapolska, Gabriela, 1857-1921--Translations into English.
- Zapolska, Gabriela.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (402 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK ; Chicago, USA : Intellect, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This groundbreaking book contains the first English language translations of three plays by Polish playwright, actress and journalist Gabriela Zapolska. They were initially performed in fin-de-siecle, partitioned Poland. Each play focuses on the economic and social pressures faced by women. A general introduction and three focused essays will serve to contextualise the translations. The essays provide the following: biographical information about Zapolska relevant to the plays' subject matter, analyses of her significance within Polish and European literary and theatrical traditions and discus
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 'To You, it is Light - To Me, Darkness'; Malka Szwarcenkopf (1897); 'Condemned to Desire what we Cannot Possess'; The Man (1901); 'Sister or Servant'; Miss Maliczewska (1910); Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-31245-6
- 9786612312458
- 1-84150-340-1
- OCLC:
- 457060300
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