Manfred Kridl

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Manfred Kridl (1882-1957) was a Polish historian of literature. Since 1932 he worked at the Stefan Batory University in Wilno. Opponent of the anti-semitic ghetto ławkowe policy. During the Second World War, in 1940, he managed to escape from occupied Poland, and settled in United States. There he worked first at Smith College and later at Columbia University.

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  • Antagonizm wieszczów. Rzecz o stosunku Słowackiego do Mickiewicza, 1925
  • Literatura polska w. XIX, 1925
  • Główne prądy literatury europejskie. Klasycyzm, romantyzm, epoka poromantyczna, 1931
  • Wstęp do badań nad dziełem literackim, 1936
  • Literatura Polska, 1945
  • The democratic heritage of Poland;: "for your freedom and ours,"
  • A Survey of Polish Literature and Culture, 1956
  • A. Mickiewicz – Poet of Poland (with other authors)
  • The lyric poems of Juliusz Slowacki (Musagetes; contributions to the history of Slavic literature and culture)
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