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

• Autore: Majewski Karen
• Pubblicazione: Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xvi, 242 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 810.9/89185
• Soggetto topico: American literature - Polish American authors - History and criticism; Polish Americans - Intellectual life; Polish Americans in literature; Immigrants in literature
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Traitors and true Poles
• ISBN: 0-8214-4111-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822458703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series.