The Literature of Lemkos a Stateless People in Interaction

The monograph is a presentation of the writings of the stateless people called Lemkos-Rusyns, from the earliest awareness of their own cultural and ethnic separateness until World War I. It contains information about the group and its culture, defines the concept of Lemko literature as a minority literature and describes the cultural situation of Lemkos in the 19th century. Ten chapters present the main genres and types of Lemko literature in the years 1848-1918. Literature is shown as one of the key cultural and identity discourses. Extensively quoted excerpts from texts reveal the linguistic reality and consciousness of the Lemko intelligentsia of the time. The monograph also outlines the developmental tendencies of Lemko literature over the successive stages of this community's history.

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Dr hab. Helena Du-Fajfer is a native Lemko literary scholar, art historian, poet. She is head of the Department of Russian Literature at the Jagiellonian University, Poland, and author of 250 scientific publications.

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The monograph is a presentation of the literature of Lemkos, from the beginnings of the awareness of their own cultural-ethnic distinctiveness until World War I. It contains information about the group and its culture, defines the concept of Lemko literature as a minority literature, and describes the cultural situation of Lemkos in the 19th century. The main genres and types of Lemkos writing in 1848-1918 are presented in ten chapters. Literature is shown as one of the key cultural and identity discourses. The extensively quoted excerpts from the texts reveal the linguistic reality and awareness of the Lemko intelligentsia of the time. The monograph also outlines the developmental tendencies in Lemko literature through the successive stages of their community's history.