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Gombrowicz: An Introduction

Gombrowicz: An Introduction

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe

HistoriographyPolish HistorySouth American History

ISBN10: 1032010436
ISBN13: 9781032010434
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 12 2024
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

This book is a short introduction to Witold Gombrowicz's life and work as one of the most prominent figures in twentieth-century literature and theater, providing intertextual perspectives that allow readers to analyze his short stories, plays, and novels in broad contexts.

Gombrowicz (1904-1969) was a writer and philosopher whose experimental literary works belong to the stream of European existentialism and simultaneously mark the birth of postmodernism. In Gombrowicz's grotesque universe, there is no separation between literature, biography, sexuality, and philosophy. His novels, including Ferdydurke, Trans-Atlantyk, and Pornography, contain autobiographical elements, whereas in his renowned Diary, daily life becomes an object of sophisticated philosophical reflection that links introspection with humor and a gift for observation.

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