Traitors and true Poles : narrating a Polish-American identity, 1880-1939 / Karen Majewski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Majewski, Karen.

Series:

Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series.

Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Polish American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

Polish Americans--Intellectual life.

Polish Americans.

Polish Americans in literature.

Immigrants in literature.

Physical Description:

xvi, 242 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During Poland's century-long partition and in the interwar period of Poland's reemergence as a state, Polish writers on both sides of the ocean shared a preoccupation with national identity.

Contents:

Intro

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Series Editor's Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Guide to Pronunciation

Introduction. Reading the Immigrant

1. Writing Polish: Literature and the Construction of Polishness in America

2. "Blessed Are the Light Bearers": Polish-American Publishing before World War II

3. Crime, Punishment, Atonement: A Family Plot

4. Crossings and Double-Crossings: Family Ties

5. Power Plays: A Family Squabble

6. Love, Sex, and the State of Marriage: A Family Reunion

Epilogue. Continuities: Polish Immigrant Literature Then and Now

Profiles. Selected Polish Immigrant Authors and Publishers

Notes

Bibliographic Essay: Strategies in Recovering Polish Immigrant Writings

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-234) and index.

ISBN:

9780821441114

0821441116

OCLC:

613383757