Alienated Women
A Study on Polish Women's Writing, 1845 -1918
Grazyna Borkowska, Institute of Literary Research,
Polish Academy of Sciences
Women's studies are still in their infancy in Poland
and this pioneering book is one of the most comprehensive
and well-researched studies on nineteenth-century Polish
women prose writers. Selecting writers that reflect
the most turbulent time in Polish women's literature,
such as Klementyna Hoffmanowa, Narcyza Zmichovska, Eliza
Orzeszkowa and Zofia Nalkowska. Borkowska's approach
of major feminist theories and post-feminist thought
results in astonishing findings that throw new light
on Polish women writers and their contribution to European
thought.
The author's intelligent and effective use of feminist
criticism and clarity of thought make Alienated Women
a landmark study, suitable for (all students) and scholars
of Polish literature, women's studies and feminist theory.
"As the first comprehensive work
on Polish women's prose in English, Grazyna Borkowska's
Alienated Women is a milestone in Slavic women's
studies.... provides a long awaited introduction to
Polish writing for non-specialists, while offering compelling
analyses of the works of some of Poland's greatest writers
to scholars in Slavic women's studies." - Slavic
and East European Journal
"Grazyna Borkowska embraces Polish writing, beginning
with the early 1800s. She creates a critical dimension
scrupulously embracing the written record of literary
criticism with a history of voiced desire... Borkowska's
historical presentation is extremely compelling."
- Slavic Review
"Focusing on women who tried to shed the `encumbering
corset` of social, moral, and literary tradition, Borkowska
contributes a new perspective on Polish letters."
- Choice
Contents
Part 1: Feminist critique of art and the theory
of culture Part 2: The case of "the Enthusiasts"
Part 3: Zmichowska vs Hoffmanowa Part 4:
Struggling with the form Part 5: The Samaritan
women at the well Part 6: Orzeszkowa and the
strategy of mimicry Part 7: Orzeszkowa - self-correction
and the problem of boundaries Part 8: Four ways:
regress, narcism, fight, art Part 9: Diaries
of Zofia Nalkowska and Maria Dabrowska Conclusion
2001
300 pages
ISBN 978-963-9241-03-9 cloth $51.95 / €42.95 / £34.00
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