An edition of Wanderers Across Language (2007)
Wanderers Across Language
Exile in Irish and Polish Literature of the Twentieth Century (Legenda Studies in Comparative Literature) (Legenda Studies in Comparative Literature)
By Kinga Olszewska
Publish Date
August 30, 2007
Publisher
Maney Publishing
Language
eng
Pages
198
Description:
"Exile has become a potent symbol of Polish and Irish cultures. Historical, political and cultural predicaments of both countries have branded them as diasporic nations: but, in Adorno's dictum, for an exile writing becomes home. Olszewska offers a multifaceted picture of the figure of exile in postwar Poland and Ireland, juxtaposing politics and culture: whereas Irish exile appears more in an economic and cultural context, the essence of Polish exile is political. This comparative study of works by Polish and Irish authors - Stanislaw Baranczak, Adam Zagajewski, Marek Hlasko, Kazimierz Brandys, Brian Moore, Desmond Hogan and Paul Muldoon - shows a literature which not only depicts the experience of exile, but which uses exile as a literary device."--Jacket.
subjects: Emigration and immigration in literature, Exile (Punishment) in literature, Exiles in literature, Irish literature, Polish literature, Themes, motives, English literature, Irish authors, History and criticism, Exiled Authors, Polish Authors, Authors, Exiled, in literature, Irish literature, history and criticism, Polish literature, history and criticism, Littérature anglaise, Auteurs irlandais, Histoire et critique, Littérature polonaise, Écrivains exilés, Écrivains irlandais, Écrivains polonais, Écrivains exilés dans la littérature, Bannissement dans la littérature, LITERARY CRITICISM, European, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Times: 20th century