{"product_id":"invisible-country-four-polish-plays-9781841504148","title":"Invisible Country: Four Polish Plays","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe late nineteenth and early twentieth century marked a tumultuous period in Poland’s history, with artists and writers working under difficult sociopolitical conditions. This book contains the first English- language translations of four plays by Polish writers in the modernist tradition: \u003cem\u003eSnow \u003c\/em\u003eby Stanislaw Przybyszewski,\u003cem\u003e In a Small House \u003c\/em\u003eby Tadeusz Rittner, \u003cem\u003eAshanti \u003c\/em\u003eby Wlodzimierz Perzynski, and\u003cem\u003e All the Same\u003c\/em\u003e by Leopold Staff. Well-chosen and carefully annotated, these translations provide important insight into this underexplored area of Polish dramatic history and practice and facilitate greater understanding of its role in the development of European theater. Also included is a broad discussion of the characteristics of translation for the theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This collection marks a unique effort to characterize the fragile identity of Poland through theatre.'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e -- World Literature Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'In the end, she aims to achieve translations that stand at the intersection of linguistic and cultural faithfulness to the original with cultural accessibility for a twenty-first-century audience.'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e -- Slavic and East European Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAshanti (1906)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn a Small House (1904)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSnow (1902)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAll the Same (1912)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042923708759,"sku":"9781841504148","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781841504148.jpg?v=1750956242","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/invisible-country-four-polish-plays-9781841504148","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}