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Polish Encounters, Russian Identity

Polish Encounters, Russian Identity

Polish Encounters, Russian Identity
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ISBN-10:
0253217717
ISBN-13:
9780253217714
Pub. Date:
06/15/2005
Publisher:
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10:
0253217717
ISBN-13:
9780253217714
Pub. Date:
06/15/2005
Publisher:
Indiana University Press
Polish Encounters, Russian Identity

Polish Encounters, Russian Identity

Overview

At a time when Poland is emphasizing its distance from Russia, Polish Encounters, Russian Identity points to the historical ties and mutual influences of these two great Slavic peoples. Whether Poland adopted a hostile or a friendly stance toward Russia, the intense responses of Russian thinkers, writers, and political leaders to Poland and to Polish culture shaped Russians' idea of themselves and their place in the world. Countering the recent trend to deny the rich interactions between Russia and Poland, this collection reminds readers that these longstanding, if often difficult, contacts constitute an important and enduring element in the consciousness of the peoples of both countries.

The contributors are Manon de Courten, Megan Dixon, Halina Goldberg, Leonid Efremovich Gorizontov, Irina Grudzinska, Beth Holmgren, Judith Deutsch Kornblatt, Matthew Pauly, Nina Perlina, Robert Przygrodski, David L. Ransel, Bożena Shallcross, Barbara Skinner, and Andrzej Walicki.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780253217714
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 06/15/2005
Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

David L. Ransel is Robert F. Byrnes Professor of History and Director of the Russian and East European Institute at Indiana University.

Bożena Shallcross is Associate Professor of Polish Literature at the University of Chicago.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Russian Identity in Its Encounter with PolandDavid L. Ransel and Bożena Shallcross
1. The Irreparable Church Schism: Russian Orthodox Identity and Its Historical Encounter with CatholicismBarbara Skinner
2. Imitation of Life: A Russian Guest in the Polish Regimental FamilyBeth Holmgren
3. Repositioning Pushkin and the Poems of the Polish UprisingMegan Dixon
4. Appropriating Poland: Glinka, Polish Dance, and Russian National IdentityHalina Goldberg
5. The Slavophile Thinkers and the Polish Question in 1863Andrzej Walicki
6. Dostoevsky and His Polish Fellow Prisoners from the House of the DeadNina Perlina
7. Vladimir Solov'ëv's Views on the Polish Question: Poland and Reunion of the Eastern and Western ChurchesManon de Courten
8. The Geopolitical Dimension of Russian-Polish Confrontation in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth CenturiesLeonid Gorizontov
9. Tsar Vasilii Shuiskii, the Staszic Palace, and Nineteenth-Century Russian Politics in WarsawRobert L. Przygrodzki
10. At Home with Pani Eliza: Isaac Babel and His Polish EncountersJudith Deutsch Kornblatt
11. Soviet Polonophobia and the Formulation of Nationalities Policy in the Ukrainian SSR, 1927-1934 Matthew D. Pauly
12. Under the Influence? Joseph Brodsky and PolandIrena Grudziska Gross

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