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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826487103321

Autore

Ziolkowska-Boehm Aleksandra <1949->

Titolo

Melchior Wankowicz : Poland's master of the written word / / by Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm ; foreword by Charles S. Kraszewski ; translated by Agnieszka Maria Gernand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2013

ISBN

0-7391-7591-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GernandAgnieszka Maria

Disciplina

891.8/537

Soggetti

Authors, Polish - 20th century

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Melchior Wańkowicz; Melchior Wańkowicz's Main Books; Preface; 1 Melchior Wańkowicz; 2 The Trial of Melchior Wańkowicz; 3 The Writer's Stand and Generosity toward Political Opposition; 4 About the Correspondence of Zofia and Melchior Wańkowicz; 5 Unhealed Wounds; 6 The Last Days of Krystyna Wańkowicz; 7 His Version, Her Version; 8 After the Writer's Death; 9 The Writer's Files and Operation "Teenager"; 10 "Work, Donkey, Work"; 11 Polish Literature's Eager Beaver Student; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

In Melchior Wankowicz: Poland's Master of the Written Word, Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm examines the life and writing of famous Polish writer Melchior Wankowicz, author of legendary work "The Battle of Monte Cassino". Melchior Wankowicz was famous for creating his theory of reportage, i.e. the "mosaic method" where the events of many people were implanted into the life of one person. In this book, Ziolkowska-Boehm offers a critical examination of Wan<