Books in the Polish Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives series

Sienkiewicz is more than a juggler of genius in narrative prose. This conservative writer knew that no unproblematic representation of reality was possible. The energy of his narratives disturbs narrative order and exposes the heteronomy of a superficially unified style, thus generating fissures, but never ruining the architecture of the text.

This book describes the Polish-French relations during the period of the Cold War, 1944-1989. It contains not only political issues, but also economic, cultural, scientific and educational relations. The text has widely focused on mutual contacts of both countries' communist parties.

Captures links between music and literature in the light of recent proposals from theorists of intertextuality and comparative literature, and at the same time diagnoses the current state of comparative literature as a field of literary research.

This book joins Krzysztof Warlikowski's theater with the dynamic changes in Polish society following 1989, using strategies borrowed from psychoanalysis, theater anthropology, performance studies, and cultural poetics. The plays are analyzed in terms of their affective impacts, as symptoms of social drama.

The book analyses 20th century Polish literature in the contexts of queer theory, psychoanalysis and modernism studies. It presents readings of well-known authors and furthermore offers theoretical ideas relevant outside the Polish context.

The volume considers various themes related to interactions between the culture of the book and politics in Polish history. Each of the fourteen authors deals with a different topic, chronologically starting with the beginnings of the early Piast monarchy in the 10th century, and bringing the discussion up to contemporary times.

The book presents a synthetic outline constitution of the Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth from 16th to 18th century, the realities of political life, organization of the judiciary, economy and defense, coexistence of different ethnic groups and religions, conditions of life, high and popular culture and achievements of art, science and literature.

The book deals with the relations between Polish and European culture from the 14th to the 20th century in the domains of fine arts, sculpture, architecture, music, drama and theatre. It features ten studies by Polish authors and provides a perfect factual introduction into history of art and culture in Europe.

Examines Kapuscinski's reportage books, products of the author's travels to distant lands, regarded by some as exempla of mastery in nonfiction genre and by others as ethically questionable semi-fictional stories. This book looks at the process of aesthetic formation of his travel experiences.