The Kingdom of Insignificance: Miron Bialoszewski and the Quotidian, the Queer, and the Traumatic

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The Kingdom of Insignificance The Kingdom of Insignificance MIRON BIAŁOSZEWSKI AND THE QUOTIDIAN, THE QUEER, AND THE TRAUMATIC Joanna Niżyńska northwestern university press / evanston, illinois Northwestern University Press www.nupress.northwestern.edu This book has been published with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Copyright © 2013 by Northwestern University Press. Published 2013 by Northwestern University Press. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Niżyńska, Joanna. The kingdom of insignificance : Miron Białoszewski and the quotidian, the queer, and the traumatic / Joanna Niżyńska. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-8101-2846-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Białoszewski, Miron—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Psychic trauma in literature. 3. Homosexuality in literature. I. Title. PG7161.I2Z78 2012 891.858703—dc23 2012022495 o The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Rodzicom i Dziadkom ...