Wanderers Across Language
Exile in Irish and Polish Literature of the Twentieth Century
Kinga Olszewska
Studies In Comparative Literature 12 Legenda 5 July 2007 • 198pp ISBN: 978-1-905981-08-3 (hardback) • RRP £80, $110, €95 ISBN: 978-1-351195-39-3 (Taylor & Francis ebook) ContemporaryEnglishCentralPoetryFiction 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 - Stanisław Barańczak, Adam Zagajewski, Marek Hłasko, 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. Kinga Olszewska teaches courses in world literature at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Reviews:
Bibliography entry: Olszewska, Kinga, Wanderers Across Language: Exile in Irish and Polish Literature of the Twentieth Century, Studies In Comparative Literature, 12 (Legenda, 2007) First footnote reference: 35 Kinga Olszewska, Wanderers Across Language: Exile in Irish and Polish Literature of the Twentieth Century, Studies In Comparative Literature, 12 (Legenda, 2007), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Olszewska, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Olszewska, Kinga. 2007. Wanderers Across Language: Exile in Irish and Polish Literature of the Twentieth Century, Studies In Comparative Literature, 12 (Legenda) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Olszewska 2007: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Olszewska 2007: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.)
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