Myths in Disguise (10) (Cross-Roads: Polish Studies in Culture, Literary Theory, and History)

by Michal Glowinski (Author), Michal Glowinski (Author), Grzegorz Czemiel (Translator), Jan Burzynski (Editor)

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Hardcover
2018
$81.41

This book presents a collection of essays discussing a history of the five myths of Dionysus, Narcissus, Prometheus, Marcolf, and Labyrinth in twentieth-century literature. The author traces their transformations against the wider backdrop of Polish and European literature. The book is an excellent, thought-provoking lesson in understanding the signs of contemporary culture and a fascinating journey through its complex trails.

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This book presents a collection of essays discussing a history of the five myths of Dionysus, Narcissus, Prometheus, Marcolf, and Labyrinth in twentieth-century literature. The author traces their transformations against the wider backdrop of Polish and European literature. The book is an excellent, thought-provoking lesson in understanding the signs of contemporary culture and a fascinating journey through its complex trails.

$81.41

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Edition: New
Publisher: Peter Lang D
Published: 16 Apr 2018
ISBN 10: 3631674309
ISBN 13: 9783631674307

Author Bio

Michal Glowinski is Professor of Polish Literature at the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has authored numerous books and essays devoted to contemporary literature, literary criticism, and the history of propaganda in the twentieth-century Communist regime in Poland.