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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822458703321

Autore

Majewski Karen

Titolo

Traitors and true Poles : narrating a Polish-American identity, 1880-1939 / / Karen Majewski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8214-4111-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xvi, 242 p. : ill

Collana

Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series

Disciplina

810.9/89185

Soggetti

American literature - Polish American authors - History and criticism

Polish Americans - Intellectual life

Polish Americans in literature

Immigrants in literature

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 (p. [197]-234) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Series Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Guide to Pronunciation -- Introduction. Reading the Immigrant -- 1. Writing Polish: Literature and the Construction of Polishness in America -- 2. "Blessed Are the Light Bearers": Polish-American Publishing before World War II -- 3. Crime, Punishment, Atonement: A Family Plot -- 4. Crossings and Double-Crossings: Family Ties -- 5. Power Plays: A Family Squabble -- 6. Love, Sex, and the State of Marriage: A Family Reunion -- Epilogue. Continuities: Polish Immigrant Literature Then and Now -- Profiles. Selected Polish Immigrant Authors and Publishers -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay: Strategies in Recovering Polish Immigrant Writings -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

During Poland's century-long partition and in the interwar period of Poland's reemergence as a state, Polish writers on both sides of the ocean shared a preoccupation with national identity.