Out of the Ordinary: The Event and its Repetition in Paul Auster’s Prose

Devoid of metaphors, conventional in its syntax, and resolute in its ordinariness, Paul Auster’s prose is centered around nothing less than the extraordinary. However, the extraordinary in his narratives—which often take...

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Casting a shadow backwards and forwards: the para-Holocaust fiction of Charles Reznikoff, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Bernard Malamud

The article reconsiders critical reception of three historical novels by Bernard Malamud, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Charles Reznikoff, so as to take issue with Alvin H. Rosenfeld’s assertion that “all novels about Jewish...

Gwiazdy poezji? Popularność instapoetek i pokrewne zjawiska – próba rekonesansu

The article discusses the popularity of instapoets and related phenomena. The author studies the problems regarding the critical reception of the work of poets active on social media, reconstructing the arguments of vari...

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