The Witkiewicz Reader by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz

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The Witkiewicz Reader by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz

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The Witkiewicz Reader by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz

Forgotten during the Stalin years, Stanislaw Witkiewicz (1885-1939) was rediscovered in his native Poland only after the liberalization of 1956, when his works came to play a major role in freeing the arts from socialist realism. This collection, the first anthology in English, presents Witkiewicz in the full range of his creative and intellectual activities. The Witkiewicz Reader includes excerpts from three novels; four complete plays; letters to Malinowski; and selections from aesthetic, social, and philosophical essays detailing Witkiewicz's theory of Pure Form, his metaphysical system, and his apocalyptic view of the fate of civilization.

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These tragedies are Witkiewicz's image of the artist, overflowing with hyper-vivid people and rash acts, providing a panorama of a deranged era on the verge of calamity as well as a fractured mirror reflecting the author's own mercurial visage. Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature at City University of New York's Graduate Center; Executive Director, Martin E. Witkacy, Guillotine: Its Legend and Lore, Theatre/Theory/Theatre, and translations of Polish and Russian drama; editor, Slavic and East European Performance; editor, Routledge Harwood Polish and East European Theatre Archive; author of Witkacy, Guillotine: Its Legend and Lore, Theatre/Theory/Theatre; author of Witkacy, Guillotine: Its Legend and Lore, Theatre/Theor

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ISBN 13 9780810109940
ISBN 10 0810109948
Title The Witkiewicz Reader
Author Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Northwestern University Press
Year published 1992-12-31
Number of pages 359
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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