Gulliver in the Land of Giants: A Critical Biography and the Memoirs of the Celebrated Dwarf Joseph Boruwlaski

Author:   Anna Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138107762


Pages:   188
Publication Date:   31 May 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Anna Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138107762


ISBN 10:   113810776
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   31 May 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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'This Gulliverian perspective on late Enlightenment Europe and Regency Britain is thought-provoking. The critical biography, though brief, is exemplary and takes great care in the comparison and analysis of sources whilst remaining redolent with empathy. It illuminates the Memoirs in their context, while prompting wider reflection on the human condition and our own assumptions. One cannot but like the author of the Memoirs, Count Boruwlaski, a Polish gentleman who happened to be of extraordinary short stature .' Richard Butterwick, University College London, UK 'This is an agreeable and entertaining story, handsomely produced and illustrated...' Times Literary Supplement 'It is hard to imagine that we will need another book-length study after Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz' exhaustive research. The book will be of interest to students of the culture of dwarfs and monsters, and to those of eighteenth-century aristocratic culture.' Sixteenth Century Journal


"'This Gulliverian perspective on late Enlightenment Europe and Regency Britain is thought-provoking. The critical biography, though brief, is exemplary and takes great care in the comparison and analysis of sources whilst remaining redolent with empathy. It illuminates the Memoirs in their context, while prompting wider reflection on the human condition and our own assumptions. One cannot but like the author of the Memoirs, Count Boruwlaski, ""a Polish gentleman who happened to be of extraordinary short stature"".' Richard Butterwick, University College London, UK 'This is an agreeable and entertaining story, handsomely produced and illustrated...' Times Literary Supplement 'It is hard to imagine that we will need another book-length study after Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz' exhaustive research. The book will be of interest to students of the culture of dwarfs and monsters, and to those of eighteenth-century aristocratic culture.' Sixteenth Century Journal"


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Anna Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz is Professor at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Artes Liberales of Warsaw University, and head of the Enlightenment Literature Department, Institute of Literary Research, Polish Academy of Sciences

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