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Colloquial Polish
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 29.95This new edition of the best-selling Polish course for beginners has been completely rewritten to make learning the language easier and more enjoyable than before. Written by an experienced teacher and author, Colloquial Polish offers a step-by-step approach to the language as it is spoken and written today. No previous knowledge of Polish is... more...
Complex Emotions and Grammatical Mismatches
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 168.00The book offers a comparison of the structure and meaning of emotion concepts in large authentic Polish and English corpora. The authors investigate emotions which enter into relations with complex complements. The book is an excellent didactic tool and serves as reference material for teachers and students of Polish and English, translators, dictionary... more...
Die polnische Dichterin Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska: Hauptmotive in ihrer Lyrik
Diplomica Verlag 2010; US$ 9.70Gegenstand dieses Buches ist die Darstellung der Hauptmotive im lyrischen Werk Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewskas, die in der polnischen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts einen hohen Stellenwert einnimmt. In ihrem Schaffen spiegelt sich unter anderem die neue Stellung der Frau in der polnischen Gesellschaft nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg wider. Der Natur in allen... more...
Marek Hlasko
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 40.98Hauptbeschreibung Eine oft und gern genutzte Ausdrucksform für die menschliche Selbstdarstellung ist die literarische Autobiographie. Sie bildet zwischen dem, was ein Mensch ist, und dem, was er sein möchte eine Art Brücke. In der Autobiographie beschäftigt sich der Schreibende retrospektiv mit seinem eigenem Leben, indem er versucht aus der Gegenwart... more...
Adam Mickiewicz - Die Bedeutung der Sprache für die polnische Nation
Tectum Verlag 2011; US$ 25.87Hauptbeschreibung Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855) war Kenner der deutschen und der bedeutendste Repräsentant der polnischen Romantik. Er verwob die abendländische Geistesgeschichte mit universellen Symbolen durch seine Interpretation der Sprache in der Spannung zwischen Identität und Differenz. Er gilt bis heute als der bedeutendste Nationaldichter... more...
Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two- Headed Calf
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 105.00The Polish playwright and artist Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, known as Witkacy, is now recognized as Poland's leading theatrical innovator of the interwar years and one of the outstanding creative personalities of the European avant-garde. This volume contains two of Witkacy's "tropical" plays inspired by the playwright's trip to Ceylon and Australia... more...
Basic Polish
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 41.95Basic Polish presents concise explanations of grammar with related exercises, to build confidence in using the modern language. Assuming no previous knowledge of Polish, its step-by-step approach guarantees the reader a thorough grounding in the basics of its grammar. Each of the forty units introduces a particular grammar point and provides a... more...
Country House
Taylor and Francis 1997; US$ 45.95Country House, a ''comedy with corpses,'' is a wicked subversion of all those realistic psychological dramas of jealousy, adultery, murder and suicide that ask to be taken seriously. Witkacy's send-up assumes the form of a ghost story full of surprises, in the course of which an entire family of four is gleefully dispatched to the other world. When... more...
It's True! You Can Make Your Own Jokes
Allen & Unwin 2006; US$ 10.86A mixture of how-to and history, this book sets out the rules of joke-making and joke-telling (with lots of hilarious examples) and explores our fascination with japes, jibes, jokes and jesters. more...
Zapolskas Women
Intellect 2009; US$ 20.00This groundbreaking book contains the first English language translations of three plays by Polish playwright, actress and journalist Gabriela Zapolska. They were initially performed in fin-de-siecle, partitioned Poland. Each play focuses on the economic and social pressures faced by women. A general introduction and three focused essays will serve... more...









