{"product_id":"malvina-or-the-hearts-intuition-hardcover","title":"Malvina, or the Heart's Intuition - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Wirtemberska\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eUrsula Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in Warsaw in 1816, \u003ci\u003eMalvina, or the Heart's Intuition \u003c\/i\u003ehas been largely--and unjustly--ignored by the Polish literary canon. Ingeniously structured and vividly related by a Tristram Shandy-esque narrator, Maria Wirtemberska's psychologically complex work is often considered Poland's first modern novel. This splendid translation by Ursula Phillips should restore Wirtemberska to her rightful place in the literary pantheon while providing fertile new ground for the study of the international development of the novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe romantic story of the young widow Malvina and her mysterious lover Ludomir, Malvina combines several literary styles and influences--from the epistolary to the Gothic. Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz argues that Malvina is quintessentially a sentimental novel--a model of the genre whose chief aspiration is to promote a change in sensibility and inspire new forces of feeling and imagination. For this reason Wirtemberska may be compared to her English contemporary, Jane Austen. A work of genuine artistic daring and sophistication, Malvina, or the Heart's Intuition has been overlooked by critics for too long, and readers have been denied the pleasure of reading one of literature's major landmarks--until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria Wirtemberska (1768-1854) was a Polish noblewoman and philanthropist in addition to being a writer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUrsula Phillips is a writer on Polish literature, mainly in the field of women's writing, gender and feminism, and also a translator of literary and academic works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Palace\u003c\/i\u003e by contemporary novelist Wieslaw Mysliwski, historian Antoni Maczak's\u003ci\u003e Travel in Early Modern Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, Grazyna Borkowska's \u003ci\u003eAlienated Women\u003c\/i\u003e and the recent research project Humanism in Polish Culture. She is Honorary Research Associate of the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52522308632883,"sku":"9780875804507","price":26.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bkhFL1lqQ1pSNkdRVFFwTHhBM1g5dz09.webp?v=1760547258","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/malvina-or-the-hearts-intuition-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}