„Teraz nic nie wiadomo”. Apokalipsa niespełniona w "Stacji Abbesses" Stefanii Zahorskie
“You Know Nothing Now”. The Unfulfilled Apocalypse in "Stacja Abbesses" [Abesses Station] by Stefania Zahorska
Author(s): Jakub OsińskiSubject(s): Language studies, Cultural history
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Stefana Zahorska; independence emigration; Cold War; exile literature; nuclear criticism
Summary/Abstract: The article undertakes the analysis of social views on an atomic bomb in Stacja Abbessesby Stefania Zahorska. The author refers to the political context and proves that the forgottenshort story is a literary voice of reason in the post-war discussion held in exile on the possibilityof the outbreak of a new world conflict. However, this is also a fascinating record ofthe post-war state of the social consciousness of the nuclear threat, its course, effects etc.,which can be regarded as the second thesis of the article.
Journal: Przegląd Humanistyczny
- Issue Year: 456/2017
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 81-90
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Polish
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