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OverviewGeorge Orwell and Communist Poland is the first major account of George Orwell’s Polish reception during the Second World War and the Cold War era. It shows how Orwell, the epitome of a censored writer in the Soviet bloc, enjoyed a fulsome reception both outside and within communist Poland. It does so by developing a tripartite framework to study reception in conditions of state-imposed censorship, where three channels are likely to develop: émigré, official and clandestine. The book thus brings to light Orwell’s overlooked relationships with Polish exiles who informed his work and looked upon him not only as a writer but also a personal friend and political ally. They eagerly translated his works and sought multinational promotion, even behind the Iron Curtain. The volume argues that Orwell also experienced official reception. References and eventually his work were smuggled into state-controlled culture in officially accepted ways. Additionally, communist censorship files reflect his reception within the state apparatus. Finally, the book examines passionate clandestine responses to Orwell's writing and myth in diaries and letters from as early as Stalinism and explores Orwell’s popularity among underground presses, where his works became bestsellers. The book draws on sources in foreign languages and previously unseen material, including Orwell’s ‘lost’ letters to Teresa Jeleńska, the Polish translator of Animal Farm. The volume significantly broadens our understanding of Orwell’s life, work and legacy. It also contributes to discussions in English literature and comparative literature, literary exchanges, translation, reception and censorship and East European studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Krystyna WieszczekPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge ISBN: 9781032409535ISBN 10: 1032409533 Pages: 334 Publication Date: 10 October 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 Émigré Reception – Orwell a Friend and Political Ally The Rare British Friend Speaks up for the Polish Cause Orwell a Friend and Political Ally Poland in Orwell’s Writing Censorship Troubles Orwell’s ‘Omissions’ Polish Friends Reciprocate Polish Friends Speak up for Orwell Polish Émigré Media and Orwell Good for All How Appropriate for Us: Animal Farm in Polish Animal Farm to Save the World with a Little Help from Polish Friends Not Only Animal Farm: An Overlooked Would-Be Essay Collection in Polish The Most Poignant Book of Our Times: Echoes of Nineteen Eighty-Four Dead but Much Alive: Orwell’s Afterlife among the Polish Diaspora Polish Exiles Mourn the Author’s Death Another Paris-London Collaboration: Nineteen Eighty-Four in Polish A Weapon in Unorthodox Cold War Offensives Orwell Defies Détente The Orwell Year 1984 Commemorated Chapter 2 Official Reception – Orwell an Enemy Orwell and the Communist Censorship System Banned Yet Present – Smuggled, Disguised, Misread Innocent and Anonymous Socialist Realism versus a Shadowy Enemy of Humankind The 1956 Thaw Attempts to Tame the Foe The Nemesis Frozen for Decades But Lurking in Libraries Orwell’s Texts Foreign Sources on Orwell Traces of Presence in Homegrown Books But Evoked in Official Culture The 1980s and Orwell Back in Sight Reinscribed Books Back in the Fourth Estate under Censor’s Keeping The Orwell Year Relief of Alliance Transmutations Affable Anonymous Aspidistra for the Relentless Crisis Aspidistra Is Not the Orwell; or, a Death Foretold Chapter 3 Clandestine Reception – Orwell a Liberator Orwell Ammunition Before the Paper Revolution Orwell in Diaries, Letters and Other Writing A Homo Sovieticus Antidote After the Paper Revolution Top of the Charts Orwell Published Underground The Solidarity Carnival Big Brother’s Return: Martial Law The Orwell Year Looming Life after 1984 Orwell Good for All Notes Selected Thematic Bibliography Letters, Diaries and Memoirs Letters: Orwell and Jeleńska; Giedroyc and Mieroszewski, Świderska and Weintraub Other Letters, Diaries and Memoirs Unpublished Published Polish Communist Records Unpublished Published Polish Émigré and British Records Interviews Other Communication Broadcasts Artefacts and Transformations Publications of Orwell’s Works Émigré Official Clandestine Non-Polish and Polish Post-1989 Polish Publications Concerning Orwell from the Period Émigré Official Clandestine Secondary Sources Orwell Criticism and References Translation and Reception Censorship Émigrés and Diaspora Official Culture in Poland Clandestine Printing and Second Circulation Reference Works Literature Archives Consulted Appendices Appendix A Orwell’s response to Wiadomości’s survey on Joseph Conrad (1949) Appendix B List of Orwell’s Polish clandestine book editions (1976–1989) Appendix C List of selected Polish translations of Orwell’s essays and shorter pieces by chronologyReviews"""A fascinating, powerful book: exhaustively researched, timely, important, and surprising at every turn. Opening up the terrain of Orwell’s posthumous reception in Poland and charting how Orwell interacted with Polish writers and activists, Wieszczek constructs a radically new angle on the man and his work."" --Nathan Waddell, Associate Professor in Twentieth-Century Literature, University of Birmingham, UK ""A fascinating and meticulously researched account of Orwell's reception by an audience for whom his two great novels, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, might have been expressly written."" --D.J. Taylor, author of Orwell: The New Life ""The untold history of George Orwell's reception in Poland is recounted here in fascinating detail. Despite official censorship of this ""quasi-official enemy"" of the Soviet bloc, his works did circulate in a ""nuanced presence"" thanks to clandestine publications and the work of Polish émigrés."" --Christopher Rundle, Associate Professor in Translation Studies, University of Bologna, Italy ""Krystyna Wieszczek’s text is a fascinating, highly original and meticulously researched examination of the reception and censorship in Poland of the work of George Orwell. Including a study of Orwell’s ‘lost’ letters to Teresa Jeleńska, the Polish translator of Animal Farm, it amounts to an important addition to the ever-growing field of Orwell Studies."" --Professor Richard Lance Keeble, University of Lincoln" """A fascinating, powerful book: exhaustively researched, timely, important, and surprising at every turn. Opening up the terrain of Orwell’s posthumous reception in Poland and charting how Orwell interacted with Polish writers and activists, Wieszczek constructs a radically new angle on the man and his work."" Nathan Waddell, Associate Professor in Twentieth-Century Literature, University of Birmingham, UK ""A fascinating and meticulously researched account of Orwell's reception by an audience for whom his two great novels, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, might have been expressly written."" D.J. Taylor, author of Orwell: The New Life ""The untold history of George Orwell's reception in Poland is recounted here in fascinating detail. Despite official censorship of this ‘quasi-official enemy’ of the Soviet bloc, his works did circulate in a ‘nuanced presence’ thanks to clandestine publications and the work of Polish émigrés."" Christopher Rundle, Associate Professor in Translation Studies, University of Bologna, Italy ""Krystyna Wieszczek’s text is a fascinating, highly original and meticulously researched examination of the reception and censorship in Poland of the work of George Orwell. Including a study of Orwell’s ‘lost’ letters to Teresa Jeleńska, the Polish translator of Animal Farm, it amounts to an important addition to the ever-growing field of Orwell Studies."" Professor Richard Lance Keeble, University of Lincoln, UK" Author InformationKrystyna Wieszczek is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Verona, Italy, and Columbia University, New York. She specialises in twentieth-century English literature and literary translation, reception and censorship. Her current work investigates empirical reception and the potential impact of literature on empowerment. Previously, she taught at the University of Bologna and the Ignatianum Academy in Krakow, and was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Milan. She holds a PhD in English from the University of Southampton, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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