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Format: 1 online resource (375 pages)

ISBN: 83-233-7388-4

Content: This book presents how literature was censored when submitted for evaluation to the main censorship office in Poland right after WWII.

Note: Intro -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Some Remarks about Censorship in Polandin the Years 1944-1990 -- Research Assumptions -- State of the Art -- Source Material -- Rules for Presenting the Material -- Part One. In Search of a Definition: What Were the Confidential Bulletins for Censors?... -- 1. The Purpose of Creating a Confidential Periodical for Censors -- 2. The Censor as the Co-Author of Bulletins for Censors -- 3. Characteristics of the Source Material and the Issue of the Bulletins' Identity -- 4. The Bulletin for Censors as a Cryptotext. A Definition of the Genre -- Part Two. Literature and Current Literary Phenomena -- I. Fiction -- 1. The Censor's Struggle with the Text. Some Preliminary Remarks -- 1.1. Literary and Cultural Issues on the Pages of the Bulletins -- 1.2. The Censorship of Fiction -- 1.3. The Specifics of Book Inspection -- 2. Competition for a Censorship Review of Wanda Wasilewska's Novel Rzeki Płoną -- 3. Poetry -- 3.1. How to Review Poetry Selections? Ginczanka, Hollender, Słonimski, Ważyk, and an Unknown Red Army Man -- 3.2. An Evaluation of the Poetic Publications Printed by the "Czytelnik" Publishing Cooperative in 1951 -- 3.3. On the Works of Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna -- 3.4. On a Discussion of the Poem "Oskarżam" by Mikołaj Rostworowski -- 3.5. Other Poetic Works Discussed in the Bulletins: (Not Only) Norwid, Pasternak, Lenin, Mayakovsky, and Jasieński -- 4. Prose Works -- 4.1. How to Review Select Prose? Nałkowska, Borowski, and Bartelski -- 4.2. Books Selected for Discussion in Censorship Offices Between 1952 and 1956 -- 4.2.1. Titles Selected for Discussion in Censorship Offices in 1952: (Not Only) Kuśmierek and Czeszko -- 4.2.2. Books Selected for Discussion in Censorship Offices in 1953. , 4.2.3. Books Selected for Discussion in Censorship Offices in 1954: (Not Only) Brzeziński, Kuśmierek, Kubalski, and Promiński -- 4.2.4. Books Selected for Discussion in Censorship Offices in 1955: (Not Only) Kowalewski, Dróżdż-Satanowska, Stadnicki, and Bednorz -- 4.2.5. Titles Selected for Discussion in Censorship Offices in 1956: (Not Only) Andrzejewski, Rudnicki, and Flaszen -- 4.3. Books Discussed as Part of the Series For a Higher Level of Work on the Book: (Not Only) Nałkowska, Czeszko, Lācis, Meisner, and Jackiewicz -- 4.4. Other Prose Works Discussed in the Bulletins: (Not Only) Sowińska, Koźniewski, Strumph-Wojtkiewicz, Gil, Zalewski, Bocheński, Bartelski, Dębnicki, Dobraczyński, and Żeromski -- 5. Dramatic Works -- 6. Satirical Works -- 7. Children's and Young Adult Literature -- 8. Literature and Discussions of the "Thaw" -- 9. Censorship According to Publisher. (Not Only) "Czytelnik" -- 10. Literary and Cultural Issues in the Press -- II. Non-fiction -- 1. Scientific and Popular Science Publications -- 1.1. Scientific and Popular Science Publications in the Humanities -- 1.1.1. Publications in the Field of Literature (and Culture) -- 1.2. Scientific Publications in the Social Sciences -- 1.3. Scientific and Popular Science Publications in Engineering and Technology -- 2. Periodic Reports on the Book Market -- III. Other Topics Related to the Supervision of the Word -- Part Three. "Camera Censorica." What Else Was Discussed in the Bulletins? -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- Index of figures and tables -- List of abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Subject literature -- List of Authors and Works Documented in the Bulletins for Censors from 1945-1956 (Selection) -- List of the Bulletins for Censors and Biblioteczki Biuletynu Informacyjno-Instrukcyjnego GUKPPiW. , Literary Texts, Journalism (Literary and Film Criticism, Interviews, etc.) Made Before 1945 -- Literary Texts, Journalism (Literary and Film Criticism, Interviews, etc.), Radio Programs and Films Made Between 1945-1956 -- Literary Texts, Journalism (Literary and Film Criticism, Interviews, etc.), Radio Programs and Films Made Between 1957-1990 -- Literary Texts, Journalism (Literary and Film Criticism, Interviews, etc.), Radio Programs and Films Made After 1990 -- Scholarly and Popular Science Texts -- Other Archival Sources -- Electronic Sources -- Legal Acts -- Author's E-Mail Correspondence.

Additional Edition: Print version: Wiśniewska-Grabarczyk, Anna Censorship of Literature in Post-War Poland La Vergne : Jagiellonian University Press,c2023

Language: English