This volume presents regional approaches on the formation and transformation of national literary canons as a practice of nation-building in various cultural tr

A critical examination of the category of "Polishness" - that is, the formation, redefinition, and performance of various kinds of Polish identities - from a wi

One of the essential pillars of Yiddish literature since its beginnings in the 13th century has been translation. In the 20th century, the desire to belong to w

National literary histories based on internally homogeneous native traditions have significantly contributed to the construction of national identities, especia

The third volume in the History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe focuses on the making and remaking of those institutional structures that engend