{"product_id":"thinking-literature-agnieszka-romanowska-9788323354079","title":"Thinking Literature: Essays on Reading Literary Classics Today","description":"\u003cp\u003eInspired by Mary Shelley's conviction that reading is a socially significant communal activity, this book presents four essays on modern interactions with literary classics. Ancient tragedy, Shakespeare, and \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e are read anew in the context of challenges and dangers we are facing nowadays. The titular phrase, thinking literature, is meant to indicate reading literature of the previous epochs in a way that allows one to contemplate human condition against the background of the past and in connection with the present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essays on Ahmed Saadawi's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein in Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e, Kamila Shamsie's \u003ci\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, Margaret Atwood's \u003ci\u003eHag-Seed\u003c\/i\u003e, and modern reactions to suicide in \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, testify to the lasting relevance of ancient Greek tragedy, Shakespeare's plays and Mary Shalley's cautionary tale. Thinking literature by revisiting canonical texts and sharing with others the experience this brings, helps us to define, understand and confront the social and political challenges of today's increasingly complex world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Agnieszka Romanowska, Anna Kwiatek, Marcelina Polczyńska\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8323354073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788323354079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jagiellonian University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Agnieszka Romanowska","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46465840546047,"sku":"9788323354079","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff404538-67b1-4d66-a3ed-c200776942ca.jpg?v=1736347435","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thinking-literature-agnieszka-romanowska-9788323354079","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}