Nowoczesna czy prowincjonalna? Łódź okiem przedwojennych publicystów i pisarzy
Modern or Provincial? Łodź Through the Eyes of Pre-war Journalists and Writers

Author(s): Katarzyna Badowska
Subject(s): Cultural history, Polish Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Łódź; city in literature; modernity
Summary/Abstract: At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries Łódź was commonly thought of as the embodiment of modernization and industrialization, a symbol of the modernity of the industrial era. Thanks to technical progress and specialization in textiles, the city transformed from an agricultural settlement into a metropolis during the lifetime of one man. And at the same time, Łódź was perceived as a province, a kind of Wild West. The author analyzes the image of pre-war Łódź preserved by publicists and writers in reportages, columns, correspondence and literary works; how contemporaries assessed the city - its inhabitants of various nationalities and visitors curious about the “cotton town”.

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