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Polish Literature and National Identity

By Dariusz Skorczewski

Polish Literature and National Identity Contemporary literature

Polish Literature and National Identity

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For nearly half a century East Central Europe was part of the Soviet empire and was subject to its "civilizing" mission. Despite its colonial status, this part of the world has escaped the attention of most postcolonial critics and remains a blank spot in global studies of postcolonialism. Dariusz Skorczewski is the first Polish scholar to apply postcolonial thought to Polish realities, at the same time modifying the theoretical framework developed by other scholars of postcolonialism. Polish Literature and National Identity reveals how the experiences of foreign domination and the history of empire have shaped contemporary Polish culture and society.
The book, newly translated from the Polish, introduces Anglophone audiences to the potential implications of postcolonial studies on an understanding of Poland's unique historical position within Europe. Skorczewski explores transformations of national identity as reflected in Polish literature and critical discourse from Romanticism to the twenty-first century. The narrative thus tackles questions surrounding Poland's postcolonial status in contemporary East Central Europe, a region where globalization and cosmopolitanism clash with resurgent national sentiments and where predictions about a speedy transition to a postnational era now seem premature.
DARIUSZ SKORCZEWSKI is associate professor of Polish literature at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.
Product details
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2020-02-15
Publication Date:
2020-02-01
Publisher:
University of Rochester Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1580469787
ISBN13:
9781580469784
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
661 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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