Eliza Orzeszkowa, Nad Niemnem [On the Niemen]

Ursula Phillips (University College London)

Ed. by Roman Koropeckyj, University of California, Los Angeles
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.8.3: Polish Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Ewa M. Thompson (Rice University)

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First circulation or publication 1887 - 1888

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Poland (Country of Origin; Publication/ performance)

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Nad Niemnem

[

On the Niemen,

1888] is the best known and most studied novel by Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910). It originally appeared in instalments in the Warsaw weekly

Tygodnik Ilustrowany

in 1887, and was published as a book by Gebethner and Wolff the following year. Considered representative of Orzeszkowa’s deepest concerns and values, the culmination of her writing career, it is not, however, necessarily typical of her

œuvre

taken as a whole. Its greatest attraction for Polish readers has been its articulation of commitment to national self-determination and cultural autonomy and its appeal to all social classes of Poles to work collectively—the only effective strategy, according to the narrator, in the face of Russian imperial domination. At the same time, it is a magnificent…

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Citation: Phillips, Ursula. "Nad Niemnem". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 September 2017 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35906, accessed 23 November 2024.]

Eliza Orzeszkowa, Nad Niemnem [On the Niemen]

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