three plays : Malka Szwarcenkopf, the man and Miss Maliczewska /
[translated and introduced by] Teresa Murjas.
Chicago, USA :
Intellect,
2009.
1 online resource (400 pages) :
illustrations
Playtext series
Includes bibliographical references.
FrontCover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 'To You, it is Light -- To Me, Darkness'; Malka Szwarcenkopf (1897); 'Condemned to Desire what we Cannot Possess'; The Man (1901); 'Sister or Servant'; Miss Maliczewska (1910); Bibliography.
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This 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 to contextualise the translations. The essays provide the following: biographical information about Zapolska relevant to the plays' subject matter, analyses of her significance within Polish and European literary and theatrical traditions and discus.