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A businessman in love

Publication ,  Journal Article
Jameson, F
Published in: Teksty Drugie
December 1, 2010

Jameson describes the uniqueness of Lalka, the classiȩ novel by Bolestaw Prus, whose reception in English-speaking countries still leaves much to be hoped for. Jameson sees the novel's ingenuity and its superiority to contemporary English, French or Russian literature not only in Prus's skill but also in the specificity of Polish history and culture. In his view, the main theme of the novel is the political experience of its central character Wokulski, which constitutes an absent centre of the person acting, as well as the central problem of the novel itself. In Jameson's reading, lalka is a great political novel, a narrative whose absent core is a political event, not quoted anywhere in the text, but omnipresent through its very absence.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Teksty Drugie

ISSN

0867-0633

Publication Date

December 1, 2010

Issue

1-2

Start / End Page

267 / 277
 

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Jameson, F. (2010). A businessman in love. Teksty Drugie, (1–2), 267–277.
Jameson, F. “A businessman in love.” Teksty Drugie, no. 1–2 (December 1, 2010): 267–77.
Jameson F. A businessman in love. Teksty Drugie. 2010 Dec 1;(1–2):267–77.
Jameson, F. “A businessman in love.” Teksty Drugie, no. 1–2, Dec. 2010, pp. 267–77.
Jameson F. A businessman in love. Teksty Drugie. 2010 Dec 1;(1–2):267–277.

Published In

Teksty Drugie

ISSN

0867-0633

Publication Date

December 1, 2010

Issue

1-2

Start / End Page

267 / 277