"Pologne dans la littérature." . . "Nationalcharakter." . . "Américains d'origine polonaise dans la littérature." . . "Américains d'origine polonaise Dans la littérature." . "Polen." . . "Américains d'origine polonaise Vie intellectuelle." . . "Américains d'origine polonaise - Vie intellectuelle." . "Littérature américaine Auteurs américains d'origine polonaise Histoire et critique." . . "Littérature américaine - Auteurs américains d'origine polonaise - Histoire et critique." . "USA." . . "Littérature américaine Influence polonaise." . . "Littérature américaine - Influence polonaise." . . "Princes, peasants, and other Polish selves : ethnicity in American litterature" . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . "Princes, Peasants, and Other Polish Selves Ethnicity in American Literature"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Princes, peasants, and other Polish selves : ethicity in American literature" . . "Princes, peasants, and other Polish selves : ethnicity in American literature" . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . . . . . . . . . . "This book is a case study of the way in which ethnic identities are created and shaped by literature, focusing on the American image of the Pole from the 1830s to the present. Using a vast range of writings, some well known and others long neglected, Thomas S. Gladsky shows how the nineteenth-century view of the Pole as kindred spirit or \"beau ideal\" was supplanted by other literary models--anarchist, peasant, proletarian, antisemite--and culminated in the present-day idea of ethnicity as the heart of \"Americanness.\" Part One traces the history of Polish ethnicity through the literary inventions of \"host-culture\" American writers, showing how these surrogates of \"otherness\" served the needs of a developing national literature. Gladsky deals tactfully with the delicate relationships between Poles and Jews in an extended chapter on Isaac Singer and other Jewish-American writers. He also offers extensive treatments of the writings of William Styron, Nelson Algren, Tennessee Williams, James Michener, and Jerzy Kosinski. In Part Two, Gladsky explores the Polish self through the lens of contemporary \"descent\" writers such as Gary Gildner, Anthony Bukoski, Stuart Dybek, Richard Bankowsky, and Anne Pellowski, who have created their own literary images while reflecting on their ethnic heritage. Throughout the book Gladsky links changing perceptions of Polish ethnicity to broader social and historical currents, showing how the Polish literary self has been a repository of American cultural history."@en . "This book is a case study of the way in which ethnic identities are created and shaped by literature, focusing on the American image of the Pole from the 1830s to the present. Using a vast range of writings, some well known and others long neglected, Thomas S. Gladsky shows how the nineteenth-century view of the Pole as kindred spirit or \"beau ideal\" was supplanted by other literary models--anarchist, peasant, proletarian, antisemite--and culminated in the present-day idea of ethnicity as the heart of \"Americanness.\" Part One traces the history of Polish ethnicity through the literary inventions of \"host-culture\" American writers, showing how these surrogates of \"otherness\" served the needs of a developing national literature. Gladsky deals tactfully with the delicate relationships between Poles and Jews in an extended chapter on Isaac Singer and other Jewish-American writers. He also offers extensive treatments of the writings of William Styron, Nelson Algren, Tennessee Williams, James Michener, and Jerzy Kosinski. In Part Two, Gladsky explores the Polish self through the lens of contemporary \"descent\" writers such as Gary Gildner, Anthony Bukoski, Stuart Dybek, Richard Bankowsky, and Anne Pellowski, who have created their own literary images while reflecting on their ethnic heritage. Throughout the book Gladsky links changing perceptions of Polish ethnicity to broader social and historical currents, showing how the Polish literary self has been a repository of American cultural history." . . . . "Princes, peasants, and other Polish selves ethnicity in American literature"@en . . . . "Princes, peasants, and other polish selves ethnicity in American literature" . "Littérature américaine Auteurs d'origine polonaise Histoire et critique." . . "Gladsky, Thomas S." . . "Etnisch bewustzijn." . . "Amerikaans." . . . . "Ethnicité Dans la littérature." . . "Ethnicité dans la littérature." . "Poland" . . "Pools." . . "Littérature américaine Auteurs d'origine polonaise Thèmes, motifs." . . "Littérature américaine Thèmes, motifs." . . "Américain d'origine polonaise (peuple) - influence exercée écrivain littérature américaine (Etats-Unis) 1830 / 1992." . . "LITERARY CRITICISM American General." . . "Literatur." . . "Polonais Dans la littérature." . . "Polonais dans la littérature." . "Caractéristiques nationales dans la littérature." . . "Letterkunde." . .