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Taking Liberties: Gender, Transgressive Patriotism, and Polish Drama, 1786-1989
2015 Vol. 7 No. 3 — Fall / Books

Taking Liberties: Gender, Transgressive Patriotism, and Polish Drama, 1786-1989

by × on November 2, 2015 at 1:20 am ×

In Taking Liberties, Halina Filipowicz examines the portrayals of patriotism and identity of iconic heroes, from Kosciuszko to Plater and Wałęsa, in Polish drama from the 1600s to the present. Highly original, acutely observed study of loyalty and honor manipulated by triumphalism and xenophobia. Reviewed by Diana Sacilowski.

(A)pollonia: Twenty-First-Century Polish Drama and Texts for the Stage
2014 Vol. 6 No. 2 — Summer / Books

(A)pollonia: Twenty-First-Century Polish Drama and Texts for the Stage

by × on June 14, 2014 at 2:40 pm ×

This anthology of new Polish plays was published in English with an ambitious goal: to connect with the universal “everyman.” Will Harrington casts an American eye on the proceedings and says, “Yes, they resonate.”