The Language of Polish Modernism Contributor(s): Kalaga, Wojciech (Other), Bhambry, Tul'si (Translator), Nycz, Ryszard (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631653425 ISBN-13: 9783631653425 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $55.84 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: 891.850 |
LCCN: 2017017256 |
Series: Literary and Cultural Theory |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.94 lbs) 204 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Italy - Cultural Region - Russia - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Germany |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book debunks the myth of Polish Modernist literature as rooted in rash, immediate expression. The author compares programmatic statements on language by turn-of-the-century writers such as Waclaw Berent, Boleslaw Leśmian, Stanislaw Brzozowski or Karol Irzykowski with notions deduced from their literary works. He demonstrates that these writers' linguistic self-consciousness informs their implicitly self-reflexive texts and sheds light on their values and characteristic qualities. The author treats Modernist literature itself as a sort of language - a distinct entity that emerged through systematic differentiation within the general literary discourse. The book enhances the understanding of the transformations behind this important philosophical and artistic movement. |