A Return To The Roots: Conrad, Poland And East-central Europe

by Krajka, Wieslaw

• ISBN13: 9780880335577
• ISBN10: 0880335572
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-30
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

This study illuminates various aspects of the relationship between Joseph Conrad's literary work and his roots in Polish and East-Central European culture. In particular, it examines various aspects of Conrad's relationship to Poland -- the evolution of his attitude toward his homeland, the influence of Polish literature on his work, his reception by Polish audiences -- and to Russian literature, particularly Dostoevsky and Turgenev.This volume collects fourteen essays by scholars from the United States, Europe and beyond. It is critically diverse, containing elements of biography, psychoanalysis, film criticism, comparative literature, and sociological and philosophical interpretation. The scope of critical materials is equally wide-ranging: from considerations of Conrad's life and political attitudes to overviews of his entire oeuvre and focused studies of single literary works.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(20)
Wieslaw Krajka
I. CONRAD AND POLAND
Jerzy Buzek (The Prime Minister of the Government of Poland): Opening Address to the Participants of the Third International Conrad Conference at Maria Curie--Sklodowska University, Lublin	21	(4)
Wieslaw Krajka: Joseph Conrad 1861-69: A Polish Romantic-Martyrological Patriot?	25	(22)
Amar Acheraiou: The Shadow of Poland	47	(24)
Donald Rude: Anthony Czarnecki's ``An Evening with Conrad'': An Interview on Politics and Poland Recovered	71	(16)
Marta A. Skwara: Conrad Read by Witkacy -- the Same Diagnosis for Society?	87	(20)
Rafal Szczerbakiewicz: Jan Kott's Joseph Conrad	107	(24)
Aleksandra Chomiuk: Antoni Golubiew: Conrad under Catholic Eyes	131	(28)
II. ``AMY FOSTER''
Anna Brzozowska-Krajka: Korzeniowski vs. Korzeniowski, or a ``Colloquy of Texts'': An Instance of Active Intertextuality	159	(14)
Mary Harris: ``Amy Foster'': A Case of ``Colonisation'' within Europe	173	(18)
Yannick le Boulicaut: ``Amy Foster'': Yanko's Testament	191	(20)
III. CONRAD AND RUSSIAN LITERATURE
Harry Sewlall: Crime Becomes Punishment: An Intertextual Dialogue between Conrad's Under Western Eyes and Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment	211	(22)
Monika Majewska: Conrad & Dostoevsky & Winnie & Nastasya	233	(18)
Katarzyna Sokolowska: Images of Nature in Conrad and Turgenev	251	(22)
Brygida Pudelko: Conrad's The Mirror of the Sea and Turgenev's A Sportsman's Notebook	273	(28)
Index of Non-Fictional Names	301	(6)
Index of Conrad's Works and Letters	307