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BL
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978722
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b733092
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Gladsky, Thomas S.,1939-
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Princes, peasants, and other Polish selves : : ethnicity in American literature /\ Thomas S. Gladsky.
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| Publication Statement
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Amherst, Mass. :: University of Massachusetts Press,, ©1992.
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1 online resource (ix, 313 pages)
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| ISBN
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058518691X
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: 1122053150
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: 9780585186917
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: 9781122053150
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0870237756
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9780870237751
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-302) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Princes and patriots : nineteenth-century writers and the Polish beau ideal -- 2. From deviancy to diversity and beyond : inventing the Polish literary self, 1880-1930 -- 3. The immigrant on the land -- 4. Proletariat and protester -- 5. World War II and after : strangers and other neighbors -- 6. Descent and dissent : major writers and turf warfare -- 7. The gates of Heaven and the pains of Hell : Jewish American writers and memories of Poland -- 8. Reconstructing ethnicity : the view from the inside -- 9. Home as found -- 10. Homeward bound.
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| Abstract
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This book is a case study of the way in which ethnic identities are created and shaped by literature, focusing on the American image of the Pole from the 1830s to the present. Using a vast range of writings, some well known and others long neglected, Thomas S. Gladsky shows how the nineteenth-century view of the Pole as kindred spirit or "beau ideal" was supplanted by other literary models--anarchist, peasant, proletarian, antisemite--and culminated in the present-day idea of ethnicity as the heart of "Americanness." Part One traces the history of Polish ethnicity through the literary inventions of "host-culture" American writers, showing how these surrogates of "otherness" served the needs of a developing national literature. Gladsky deals tactfully with the delicate relationships between Poles and Jews in an extended chapter on Isaac Singer and other Jewish-American writers. He also offers extensive treatments of the writings of William Styron, Nelson Algren, Tennessee Williams, James Michener, and Jerzy Kosinski. In Part Two, Gladsky explores the Polish self through the lens of contemporary "descent" writers such as Gary Gildner, Anthony Bukoski, Stuart Dybek, Richard Bankowsky, and Anne Pellowski, who have created their own literary images while reflecting on their ethnic heritage. Throughout the book Gladsky links changing perceptions of Polish ethnicity to broader social and historical currents, showing how the Polish literary self has been a repository of American cultural history.
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American literature-- Polish American authors-- History and criticism.
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American literature-- Polish influences.
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Ethnicity in literature.
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National characteristics, Polish, in literature.
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Polish Americans in literature.
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Polish Americans-- Intellectual life.
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Polish people in literature.
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Américains d'origine polonaise dans la littérature.
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Américains d'origine polonaise-- Vie intellectuelle.
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Caractéristiques nationales dans la littérature.
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Ethnicité dans la littérature.
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Littérature américaine-- Auteurs américains d'origine polonaise-- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature américaine-- Influence polonaise.
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Pologne dans la littérature.
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Polonais dans la littérature.
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American Literature.
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English.
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Ethnicity in literature.
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Languages Literatures.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Literatur
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Literature.
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National characteristics, Polish, in literature.
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Nationalcharakter
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Polish Americans in literature.
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Polish Americans-- Intellectual life.
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Polish people in literature.
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Amerikaans.
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Etnisch bewustzijn.
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Letterkunde.
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Pools.
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Poland, In literature.
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Poland.
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Polen
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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810.9/352039185
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| LC Classification
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PS159.P7G53 1992eb
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18.06bcl
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