Two Essays on Sarmatism and Utopia in Polish Contemporary Literature
by
Przemyslaw Czaplinski
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Polish culture after 1989 has been defined by conflicts surrounding the remnants of modernity, phenomena marginalised during communism. The book considers two such phenomena: the search for a common tradition and the disappearance of utopia. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, romanticism provided...