Stranger in Our Midst: Images Of The Jew In Polish Literature

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A vibrant Jewish community flourished in Poland from late in the tenth century until it was virtually annihilated in World War II. In this remarkable anthology, the first of its kind, Harold B. Segel offers translations of poems and prose works--mainly fiction--by non-Jewish Polish writers. Taken together, the selections represent the complex perceptions about Jews in the Polish community in the period 1530-1990. Contents Preface Introduction Part I • From the Renaissance to the Mid-Nineteenth Century Jan Dantyszek (Ioannes Dantiscus) I "Poem about Jews," Jan Tarnowski I Principles of Law of the Polish Land Fr. Franciszek Salezy Jezierski I Catechism of the Secrets of the Polish Government as Written about the Year 1735 by the Esteemed Mr. Sterne in the English Language, Later Translated into French, and Now Finally into Polish Stanislaw Staszic I "Jews" Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz I Levi and Sarah Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz I The Year 3333, or an Incredible Dream, Adam Mickiewicz I Pan Tadeusz Andrzej Towianski I "Israel in Poland" J6zef Korzeniewski I Collocation Cyprian Kamil Norwid I "Polish Jews" Part II • From Positivism to Modernism J6zef Ignacy Kraszewski I The Jew: Contemporary Images Henryk Sienkiewicz I Letters from America Eliza Orzeszkowa I "Mighty Samson" Eliza Orzeszkowa I Meir Ezofowicz Aleksander Swi~tochowski I "Chava Ruby" Wiktor Gomulicki I "El mole rachmim ... ," Klemens Junosza (Szaniawski) I "The Tailor" Klemens Junosza (Szaniawski) I "Froim (A Sketch from Nature)" Klemens Junosza (Szaniawski) I Our Jews in Towns and Villages Adam Szymanski I "Srul of Lubart6w" Boleslaw Prus (Glowacki) I The Doll Boleslaw Prus (Glowacki) I Chronicles, Maria Konopnicka I "Mendel of Gdansk" Gabriela Zapolska I "The Anti-Semite" Part III • From World War I to World War II The Popular Anti-Semitic Press from 1915 to 1929: Four Treatises Antoni Slonimski I Two Poems Maria Kuncewiczowa I The Stranger Maria Kuncewiczowa I The City of Herod: Palestinian Notes Stanislaw Vincenz I "The Balagula" Czeslaw Milosz I Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition Leon Kruczkowski I "Cultural Anti-Semitism" Zygmunt Szymanowski I "The Anti-Semitism of Academic Youth" Part IV • World War II and the Holocaust Czeslaw Milosz I "A Poor Christian Looks at the Ghetto," Jerzy Andrzejewski I Holy Week Antoni Slonimski I "Elegy of Jewish Towns" Part V • The Postwar Era: War and Holocaust Revisited Tadeusz Borowski I "The Man with the Package" Jaroslaw lwaszkiewicz I "The Mendelssohn Quartet" Marian Piechal I "Yankel's Last Concert" Tadeusz R6zewicz I "The Branch" Andrzej Szczypiorski I The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman Jaroslaw Marek Rymkiewicz I The Final Station: Umschlagplatz Selected Bibliography of Works in English on the Jews of Poland and Polish-Jewish Relations