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In essays on issues from censorship to underground poetry, Baranczak explores the role that cultureand particularly literaturehas played in keeping the spirit of intellectual independence alive in Eastern and Central Europe.

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Breathing Under Water Under Eastern Eyes E.E.: The Extraterritorial From Russia with Love The New Alrightniks Pontiffs and Repairmen The Cardinal and Communism Praying and Playing Walesa: The Uncommon Common Man On Adam Michnik The Absolute Horizon Censors and Sense Big Brother's Red Pencil Renouncing the Contract The Godfather, Part III, Polish Subtitles The State Artist Despair and Order Gombrowicz: Culture and Chaos The Face of Bruno Schulz A Masterpiece of Memory The Ecstatic Pessimist Fiction and Action A Russian Roulette Science Friction Wake Up to Unreality The Polish Complex Rhyme and Time Searching for the Real The Power of Taste Solitary Solidarity Shades of Gray The Ethics of Language Alone but Not Lonely Distance and Dialogue The Confusion of Tongues Tongue-Tied Eloquence: Notes on Language, Exile, and Writing "The Revenge of a Mortal Hand" Notes Acknowledgments Index

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/01/2021
      ISBN13: 9780674081253, 978-0674081253
      ISBN10: 0674081250
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In essays on issues from censorship to underground poetry, Baranczak explores the role that cultureand particularly literaturehas played in keeping the spirit of intellectual independence alive in Eastern and Central Europe.

      Table of Contents
      Breathing Under Water Under Eastern Eyes E.E.: The Extraterritorial From Russia with Love The New Alrightniks Pontiffs and Repairmen The Cardinal and Communism Praying and Playing Walesa: The Uncommon Common Man On Adam Michnik The Absolute Horizon Censors and Sense Big Brother's Red Pencil Renouncing the Contract The Godfather, Part III, Polish Subtitles The State Artist Despair and Order Gombrowicz: Culture and Chaos The Face of Bruno Schulz A Masterpiece of Memory The Ecstatic Pessimist Fiction and Action A Russian Roulette Science Friction Wake Up to Unreality The Polish Complex Rhyme and Time Searching for the Real The Power of Taste Solitary Solidarity Shades of Gray The Ethics of Language Alone but Not Lonely Distance and Dialogue The Confusion of Tongues Tongue-Tied Eloquence: Notes on Language, Exile, and Writing "The Revenge of a Mortal Hand" Notes Acknowledgments Index

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