Wanderers Across Language
Exile in Irish and Polish Literature of the Twentieth Century| By: | Kinga Olszewska |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781905981083 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781351195379 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2007 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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"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."