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• catalog abstract "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.".
• catalog contributor b3561493.
• catalog coverage "Poland In literature.".
• catalog created "1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
• catalog description "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.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "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.".
• catalog extent "ix, 313 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Princes, peasants, and other Polish selves.".
• catalog identifier "0870237756 (alk. paper) :".
• catalog isFormatOf "Princes, peasants, and other Polish selves.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press,".
• catalog relation "Princes, peasants, and other Polish selves.".
• catalog spatial "Poland In literature.".
• catalog subject "810.9/352039185 20".
• catalog subject "American literature Polish American authors History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "American literature Polish influences.".
• catalog subject "Ethnicity in literature.".
• catalog subject "National characteristics, Polish, in literature.".
• catalog subject "PS159.P7 G53 1992".
• catalog subject "Polish Americans Intellectual life.".
• catalog subject "Polish Americans in literature.".
• catalog subject "Polish people in literature.".
• catalog tableOfContents "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.".
• catalog title "Princes, peasants, and other Polish selves : ethnicity in American literature / Thomas S. Gladsky.".
• catalog type "text".