1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464158103321

Autore

Holmgren Beth <1955->

Titolo

Starring Madame Modjeska [[electronic resource] ] : on tour in Poland and America / / Beth Holmgren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-12426-1

9786613528124

0-253-00519-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (427 p.)

Disciplina

792.02/8092

B

Soggetti

Actors - Poland

Actors - United States

Shakespearean actors and actresses - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Debut -- The making of a Polish actress -- Warsaw's state of the stars -- A colonial party and the California dream -- On the American road -- The roles of Madame Modjeska -- The Polish Modjeska -- Farewell tour -- Epilogue: finding Modjeska today.

Sommario/riassunto

In 1876, Poland's leading actress, Helena Modrzejewska, accompanied by family and friends, emigrated to southern California to establish a utopian commune that soon failed. Within a year Modrzejewska made her debut in the title role of Adrienne Lecouvreur at San Francisco's California Theatre. She changed her name to Modjeska and quickly became a leading star on the American stage, where she reigned for the next 30 years. During this time, she established herself as America's most esteemed Shakespearean actress, playing opposite such celebrated actors as Edwin Booth and Maurice Barrymore. S



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780427503321

Autore

Shkandrij Myroslav <1950->

Titolo

Jews in Ukrainian literature [[electronic resource] ] : representation and identity / / Myroslav Shkandrij

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-35300-4

9786612353000

0-300-15625-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

891.7/9093529924

Soggetti

Jews in literature

Ukrainian literature - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Confronting the Other, 1800-1880 -- Chapter 2. Meeting at the Crossroads, 1881-1914 -- Chapter 3. A Dream of Rapprochement, 1914-1929 -- Chapter 4. Constructing Jewish Identity in Ukrainian Literature, 1914-1929 -- Chapter 5. A Jewish Voice: Leonid Pervomaisky -- Chapter 6. The Rising Tide of Resentment, 1929-1939 -- Chapter 7. The Second World War and Late Stalinism, 1939-1953 -- Chapter 8. Awakening from History, 1953-2005 -- Chapter 9. Postindependence Ironies -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This pioneering study is the first to show how Jews have been seen through modern Ukrainian literature. Myroslav Shkandrij uses evidence found within that literature to challenge the established view that the Ukrainian and Jewish communities were antagonistic toward one another and interacted only when compelled to do so by economic necessity. Jews in Ukrainian Literature synthesizes recent research in the West and in the Ukraine, where access to Soviet-era literature has become possible only in the recent, post-independence period. Many of the works discussed are either little-known or unknown in the West. By demonstrating how Ukrainians have imagined their historical



encounters with Jews in different ways over the decades, this account also shows how the Jewish presence has contributed to the acceptance of cultural diversity within contemporary Ukraine.