Alienated Women : A Study on Polish Women's Writing, 1845 -1918 / Grażyna Borkowska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borkowska, Grażyna, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Women’s studies are still in their infancy in Poland and this pioneering book is one of the most comprehensive and well-researched studies on nineteenth-century Polish women prose writers. Selecting writers that reflect the most turbulent time in Polish women’s literature, such as Klementyna Hoffmanowa, Narcyza Żmichovska, Eliza Orzeszkowa and Zofia Nałkowska. Borkowska’s approach of major feminist theories and post-feminist thought results in astonishing findings that throw new light on Polish women writers and their contribution to European thought. The author’s intelligent and effective use of feminist criticism and clarity of thought make Alienated Women a landmark study, suitable for (all students) and scholars of Polish literature, women’s studies and feminist theory.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION FEMINIST CRITICISM IN RELATION TO ART AND THE THEORY OF CULTURE. A SHORT REVIEW

PART 1 THE QUESTION OF THE "ENTHUSIASTS"

PART 2 ZMICHOWSKA VERSUS HOFFMANOWA: THE STRATEGY OF THE BEE

PART 3 GRAPPLING WITH FORM

PART 4 THE SAMARITAN WOMAN AT THE WELL

PART 5 ORZESZKOWA AND THE STRATEGY OF SELF-ADJUSTMENT

PART 6 ORZESZKOWA: SELF-CORRECTION AND THE PROBLEM OF LIMITS

PART 7 FOUR ROADS: REGRESSION, NARCISSICISM, STRUGGLE, ART

PART 8 A COMPARATIVE READING OF THE DIARIES OF ZOFIA NALKOWSKA AND MARIA DAJBROWSKA

CONCLUSION

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2022)

ISBN:

1-003-71821-3

963-386-510-7

9781003718215

OCLC:

1482269974