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This volume is one of scarce studies of religious literature of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth conducted by scholars from both Poland and Lithuania. What makes this endeavour important is mainly the will to overcome the frontiers and strains of the modern world that encourage exploring separateness instead of the realities of deep mutual interdependency. Łukasz Cybulski and Kristina Rutkovska analyse secular and religious writings of secular authors as well as those belonging to the clergy and religious orders. Their main interest lies in exploring the different genres of early modern Polish and Lithuanian sermons and novels, and in tracing this heritage to its social and literary context through the works' material presence in manuscript form and in print. Other papers in this volume give insights into the origins of vernacular translations of the Holy Scriptures and the controversies surrounding them, as well as into the written testimonies of religious devotion and conversions. The aim has been not only to confront different kinds of texts and experiences, but to situate this heritage in its social and confessional context.
Książka Wokół Krasińskiego to zbiór studiów poświęconych związkom poety z kulturą francuską i zachodnioeuropejską literaturą romantyczną, rozważaniom nad jego stosunkiem do historii oraz nad dramatami i ich dziejami scenicznymi, wreszcie lekturom zbiorów korespondencji. „Zgromadzone w tomie prace prezentują duże zróżnicowanie tematyczne i koncentrują się na różnych wymiarach pisarstwa i biografii Krasińskiego, łączy je jednak intencja wyjaśnienia lub co najmniej postawienia analizowanego tematu w nowym lub zmodyfikowanym świetle. Tom Wokół Krasińskiego rysuje się jako propozycja książki wielotematycznej, lecz umiejętnie »ujarzmionej«. Zadaje ciekawe pytania, wraca do kwestii pozornie rozwiązanych i wytycza im drogi nowych ujęć". Z recenzji dr hab. Elżbiety Nowickiej, prof. UAM
Being Poland offers a unique analysis of the cultural developments that took place in Poland after World War One, a period marked by Poland's return to independence. Conceived to address the lack of critical scholarship on Poland's cultural restoration, Being Poland illuminates the continuities, paradoxes, and contradictions of Poland's modern and contemporary cultural practices, and challenges the narrative typically prescribed to Polish literature and film. Reflecting the radical changes, rifts, and restorations that swept through Poland in this period, Polish literature and film reveal a multitude of perspectives. Addressing romantic perceptions of the Polish immigrant, the politics of post-war cinema, poetry, and mass media, Being Poland is a comprehensive reference work written with the intention of exposing an international audience to the explosion of Polish literature and film that emerged in the twentieth century.
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