Insane Run: Railroad and Dark Modernity

ISBN-13: 9783631831823 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 306 str.

Teresa Fazan; Jan Burzynski; Mikolaj Golubiewski

Opis

"Insane run" focuses on European culture of the late nineteenth century and the Polish contribution to it. The word "dark" is understood as a metaphor of gradual devaluation of the idea of progress. It also receives a literal sense: the book focuses on darkness that found its way back to the European public space.

Spis treści

Nineteenth century - popular culture - technology in literature - railroad disaster -
melodrama

O autorze

Wojciech Tomasik is a Professor of Polish literature at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz (Poland). His research and publications focus on Socialist Realism, literary theory, and cultural history of railroad.