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| Author | : Witold Gombrowicz |
| Publisher | : Possessed Ppr |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
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"Smuggling the most up-to-the-minute contraband in antiquated charabancs-that's what I like doing," Gombrowicz said of his work and in this later day Gothic novel he uses all the traditional paraphernalia of haunted castles, mad prince, and riddle from the past to tell the very modern story of two young people caught up in a drama of shifting identities.
| Author | : Witold Gombrowicz |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 221 |
| Release | : 1980 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
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| Author | : Witold Gombrowicz |
| Publisher | : Black Cat |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2024 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780802162526 |
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From "a master of verbal burlesque [and] a connoisseur of psychological blackmail" (John Updike), Witold Gombrowicz's harrowing and hilarious pastiche of the Gothic novel, now in a new, authoritative English translation Witold Gombrowicz is considered by many to be Poland's greatest modernist, and in The Possessed, he demonstrates his playful brilliance and astonishing range by using the familiar tropes of the Gothic novel to produce a darkly funny and lively subversion of the form. With dreams of escaping his small-town existence and the limitations of his class, a young tennis coach travels to the heart of the Polish countryside to train Maja Ocholowska, a beautiful and promising player whose bourgeois family has fallen upon difficult circumstances. Yet as Maja and the young man are alternately drawn to and repulsed by the other, they find themselves embroiled in the fantastic happenings taking place at the dilapidated castle nearby, where a mad prince haunts the halls, and bewitched towels, conniving secretaries, famous clairvoyants, and uncanny doubles conspire to determine the fate of the lovers. Serialized first in Poland in the days preceding the Nazi invasion, and now translated directly into English for the first time by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, The Possessed is a comic jewel, a hair-raising thriller, and a provocative early masterpiece from the acclaimed author of classics like Pornografia and Cosmos.
| Author | : Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 558 |
| Release | : 2016-04-01 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1317044258 |
Download The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
From vampires and demons to ghosts and zombies, interest in monsters in literature, film, and popular culture has never been stronger. This concise Encyclopedia provides scholars and students with a comprehensive and authoritative A-Z of monsters throughout the ages. It is the first major reference book on monsters for the scholarly market. Over 200 entries written by experts in the field are accompanied by an overview introduction by the editor. Generic entries such as 'ghost' and 'vampire' are cross-listed with important specific manifestations of that monster. In addition to monsters appearing in English-language literature and film, the Encyclopedia also includes significant monsters in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, African and Middle Eastern traditions. Alphabetically organized, the entries each feature suggestions for further reading. The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters is an invaluable resource for all students and scholars and an essential addition to library reference shelves.
| Author | : Rachel S. Cordasco |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 451 |
| Release | : 2021-12-28 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0252052919 |
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The twenty-first century has witnessed an explosion of speculative fiction in translation (SFT). Rachel Cordasco examines speculative fiction published in English translation since 1960, ranging from Soviet-era fiction to the Arabic-language dystopias that emerged following the Iraq War. Individual chapters on SFT from Korean, Czech, Finnish, and eleven other source languages feature an introduction by an expert in the language's speculative fiction tradition and its present-day output. Cordasco then breaks down each chapter by subgenre--including science fiction, fantasy, and horror--to guide readers toward the kinds of works that most interest them. Her discussion of available SFT stands alongside an analysis of how various subgenres emerged and developed in a given language. She also examines the reasons a given subgenre has been translated into English. An informative and one-of-a-kind guide, Out of This World offers readers and scholars alike a tour of speculative fiction's new globalized era.
| Author | : Michael Goddard |
| Publisher | : Purdue University Press |
| Total Pages | : 163 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1557535523 |
Download Gombrowicz, Polish Modernism, and the Subversion of Form Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Gombrowicz, Polish Modernism, and the Subversion of Form provides a new and comprehensive account of the writing and thought of the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz. While Gombrowicz is probably the key Polish modernist writer, with a stature in his native Poland equivalent to that of Joyce or Beckett in the English language, he remains little known in English. As well as providing a commentary on his novels, plays, and short stories, this book sets Gombrowicz's writing in the context of contemporary cultural theory. The author performs a detailed examination of Gombrowicz's major literary and theatrical work, showing how his conception of form is highly resonant with contemporary, postmodern theories of identity. This book is the essential companion to one of Eastern Europe's most important literary figures whose work, banned by the Nazis and suppressed by Poland's Communist government, has only recently become well known in the West.
| Author | : O. Classe |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 930 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Authors |
| ISBN | : 9781884964367 |
Download Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
| Author | : Jaroslaw Anders |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 221 |
| Release | : 2009-05-26 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 030015531X |
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A collection of essays representing Anders's thinking over several decades, 'Between Fire and Sleep' offers a fresh understanding of modern Polish cultural identity.
| Author | : Czeslaw Milosz |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 628 |
| Release | : 1983-10-24 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780520044777 |
Download The History of Polish Literature, Updated Edition Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book is a survey of Polish letters and culture from its beginnings to modern times. Czeslaw Milosz updated this edition in 1983 and added an epilogue to bring the discussion up to date.
| Author | : Warren Motte |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2015-11 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0803290780 |
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“Not hubris but the ever self-renewing impulse to play calls new worlds into being.”—Nietzsche Parents and politicians have always taken play seriously. Its formative powers, its focus, its energy, and its ability to signify other things have drawn the attention of writers from Plato and Schiller to Wittgenstein, Nabokov, and Eco. The ease with which an election becomes perceived as a race, a political crisis as a football game, or an argument as a tennis match readily proves how much play means to contemporary life. Just how play confers meaning, however, is best revealed in literature, where meaning is perpetually at stake. “At stake” itself, the risk of a gamble, is only one intersection between play and life. Playtexts reveals numerous junctures where literary playfulness—seemingly so diverting and irrelevant—instead opens the most profound questions about creativity, community, value, and belief. How do authors play with their words and readers? Can literature proceed at all unless a reader is willing and able to play? No moralizing monologue, Playtexts is all for exuberance and creative surge: Breton’s construction of an antinovel, Gombrowicz’s struggle with adult formalities, Nabokov’s swats at the humorless, Sarrazin’s seductive notes, Eco’s recasting of spy and detective fiction, Reyes’s carnal metaphorics.
