| Description |
1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Playtext series |
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Playtext series
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| Contents |
FrontCover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 'To You, it is Light -- To Me, Darkness'; Malka Szwarcenkopf (1897); 'Condemned to Desire what we Cannot Possess'; The Man (1901); 'Sister or Servant'; Miss Maliczewska (1910); Bibliography |
| Summary |
This groundbreaking book contains the first English language translations of three plays by Polish playwright, actress and journalist Gabriela Zapolska. They were initially performed in fin-de-siecle, partitioned Poland. Each play focuses on the economic and social pressures faced by women. A general introduction and three focused essays will serve to contextualise the translations. The essays provide the following: biographical information about Zapolska relevant to the plays' subject matter, analyses of her significance within Polish and European literary and theatrical traditions and discus |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Transl. from the Polish |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Zapolska, Gabriela, 1857-1921 -- Translations into English
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| SUBJECT |
Zapolska, Gabriela, 1857-1921 fast |
| Genre/Form |
Translations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Murjas, Teresa
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| ISBN |
9781841503400 |
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1841503401 |
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