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Between Theory And Reality: Cosmopolitanism Of Nodal Cities In Pawel Huelle's Castorp, Ania Spyra Oct 2014

Between Theory And Reality: Cosmopolitanism Of Nodal Cities In Pawel Huelle's Castorp, Ania Spyra

Ania Spyra

FIVE YEARS BEFORE the publication of his novel Castorp, the Gdansk writer Pawel Huelle published a short piece of the same title in the essay collection Inne historie (1999), the title of which-translated as either "other stories" or "other histories"-consciously plays with the difficulty of writing a history of Gdansk, a theme to which almost all of the short pieces in this collection somehow return.The essay tells the story of a literary correspondence between a Lvov pastor and the writer Thomas Mann, in which Mann voices regret over some unelaborated ideas and abandoned storylines in The Magic Mountain. When Huelle …


Fabulating Romania: Review Of Filip Florian’S Little Fingers And Alta Ifland’S Elegy For A Fabulous World, Ania Spyra Oct 2014

Fabulating Romania: Review Of Filip Florian’S Little Fingers And Alta Ifland’S Elegy For A Fabulous World, Ania Spyra

Ania Spyra

In 2007 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania launched a public image campaign in an effort to create a new brand for the country, a brand that would build a positive image, rather than only counteract – defensively – negative stereotypes. An advertising agency created the new brand by merging the words fabulous and spirit into “fabulouspirit” – a word, which ended up sounding better in Romanian than it does in English even though it was intended for an Anglophone audience. The campaign encountered so much criticism that despite the plans to implement it over several years, the word …


Self-Indulgence Is The American Word For Flair, Ania Spyra Sep 2011

Self-Indulgence Is The American Word For Flair, Ania Spyra

Ania Spyra

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Jean Rhys’S Voyage In The Dark As A Trans-Atlantic Tragic Mulatta Narrative, Ania Spyra Sep 2011

Jean Rhys’S Voyage In The Dark As A Trans-Atlantic Tragic Mulatta Narrative, Ania Spyra

Ania Spyra

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Three Romanian Postcards, Ania Spyra Sep 2011

Three Romanian Postcards, Ania Spyra

Ania Spyra

Whether in memory of some ancient fertility rites, or because of the International Women‟s Day on the eight of the month, March is considered women‟s month in Romania.