A Survey of Polish Literature and Culture / Manfred Kridl and Olga Scherer-Virski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kridl, Manfred, 1882-1957, author.

Scherer-Virski, Olga, author.

Series:

Columbia Slavic studies (Columbia University. Department of Slavic Languages)

Columbia Slavic Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polish literature--History and criticism.

Polish literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [1900]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Presents an overview of the development of Polish literature, from the Middle Ages to the end of World War II. This literature is examined against the cultural background of political events, intellectual trends, society, education, and the arts.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Guide to Polish Pronunciation

Table of Contents

I. The Beginnings of Polish Culture

II. Early Literature and Culture

III. The Sixteenth Century: Humanism and Reformation

IV. The Seventeenth Century: Baroque Literature

V. The Eighteenth Century

VI. After The Partitions: Classicism and Pre-Romanticism

VII. Polish Romanticism Before 1830

VIII. Polish Romanticism after 1831

IX. Literature at Home after 1831

X. Positivism and Realism

XI. Young Poland

XII. Poland Reborn

Selected Bibliography

Index of Names

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231877336

0231877331

OCLC:

1100429400