Naszkowska closely and comparatively examines six novels and stories by British and Polish women in the context of psychoanalysis, focusing on the problem of feminine doubling. She uses
Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Daphne D Maurier’s Rebecca as well known references against which to compare the Polish works she introduces to English readers. She discusses a survey of the
main trends in British literature; Polish Romanticism: madness, vampirism, messianism; Polish positivism: a set of restrictions; Young Poland: decadence and melancholia; the role of mothers;
the role of fathers; and metaphors. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
