The Politics of Love: Gender and Nation in Nineteenth-Century Poland

by Natalie Cornett

The Politics of Love describes the history of Polish intellectual and cultural life, which covertly flourished at home and abroad despite imperial repression between Poland's two great uprisings in 1830-1831 and 1863. Natalie Cornett focuses her study on a group of educated women known as the "Enthusiasts" (Entuzjastki), who were united by their commitment to live as independent women despite the intense nationalism that put...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501776649
• ISBN13: 9781501776649
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"