Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, Immigrants - Writings & Literature, Eastern European American Studies

Traitors and True Poles

Name: Traitors and True Poles
Author: Karen Majewski
ISBN: 9780821414705

by Karen Majewski

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Overview

This is the first extended look at Polish-language fiction written by turn-of-the-century immigrants, a forgotten body of American ethnic literature. Addressing a blind spot in our understanding of immigrant and ethnic identity and culture, Traitors and True Poles challenges perceptions of a silent and passive Polish immigration by giving back its literary voice.

Synopsis

Majewski (Polish and East Central European studies, Ave Maria U., Michigan) examines immigrant narrative fiction written in Polish and published in the US before World War II. She is primarily concerned with the role of that literature in negotiating a national and ethnic identity, as writers argued the boundaries and obligations of Polishness. She also wants to enter it into the academic study of American ethnic literature and of Polish literature. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR