(Inter)Cultural Dialogue and Identity in Lithuanian Literature

Contributions by Adelheid Rundholz Contributions by Kristina Aurylaitė Contributions by Vijolė Višomirskytė Contributions by Rūta Eidukvičienė Contributions by Ingrida Eglė Žindžiuvienė Contributions by Milda Julija Danytė Contributions by Dalia Kuizinienė Contributions by Irena Ragaišienė Contributions by Aurelija Leonavičienė Contributions by Jurgita Macijauskaitė-Bonda Contributions by Carmen Caro Dugo Contributions by Sigita Barniškienė Contributions by Elizabeth Mary Cummings Edited by Irena Ragaišienė Edited by Adelheid Rundholz

Book cover: (Inter)Cultural Dialogue and Identity in Lithuanian Literature

Extent: 347 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Literary Studies, Slavic Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(October 2023)

ISBN: 9783847116158

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $82.00

In stock

This book illustrates that the idea of a ‘national’ literature is profoundly problematic. Chapters on boundaries and crisscrossing show how a nation and its writers’ works do not exist in isolation from their history. Stressing migration and (inter)cultural dialogue, authors explore how the characters in the texts establish a sense of belonging both within the context of migrations and within the context of Lithuania since its independence. The final series of essays in this book discusses Lithuanian literature abroad that is in translation.


This book illustrates that the idea of a ‘national’ literature is profoundly problematic. Chapters on boundaries and crisscrossing show how a nation and its writers’ works do not exist in isolation from their history. Stressing migration and (inter)cultural dialogue, authors explore how the characters in the texts establish a sense of belonging both within the context of migrations and within the context of Lithuania since its independence. The final series of essays in this book discusses Lithuanian literature abroad that is in translation.

  • Contributions by Adelheid Rundholz
  • Contributions by Kristina Aurylaitė
  • Contributions by Vijolė Višomirskytė
  • Contributions by Rūta Eidukvičienė
  • Contributions by Ingrida Eglė Žindžiuvienė
  • Contributions by Milda Julija Danytė
  • Contributions by Dalia Kuizinienė
  • Contributions by Irena Ragaišienė
  • Contributions by Aurelija Leonavičienė
  • Contributions by Jurgita Macijauskaitė-Bonda
  • Contributions by Carmen Caro Dugo
  • Contributions by Sigita Barniškienė
  • Contributions by Elizabeth Mary Cummings
  • Edited by Irena Ragaišienė
  • Edited by Adelheid Rundholz