| The Effect of Palimpsest: Culture, Literature, History Contributor(s): Kalaga, Wojciech (Editor), Shallcross, Bozena (Editor), Nycz, Ryszard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631603401 ISBN-13: 9783631603406 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $93.81 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 947 |
| Series: Literary and Cultural Theory |
| Physical Information: 350 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume, entitled The Effect of Palimpsest: Culture, Literature, History, undertakes the pioneering task of employing the notion of palimpsest in the multi-layered and changing cultural landscape specific to East Central Europe. The multifarious readings presented in the collection, which evolved from a 2009 conference at the University of Chicago, contribute to a critical reframing of the origins, history and theory of the concept of the palimpsest. Beyond being viewed as an epistemological metaphor, the palimpsest reveals its potential to generate and engage a complex network of complementary meanings. The essays included in this collection probe the palimpsest across the ages, as well as in a variety of genres, media, and cultural spheres in order to revise and redefine our present understanding of the concept and its instantiations. |
