Malvina, or Spoken Word in the NovelIn this book length study, Ewa Szary Matywiecka examines Maria Wirtemberskas Malvina, or the Hearts Intuition, an international success upon its publication in 1816 that is now widely considered to be Polands first psychological novel. Applying structuralist methods, Szary Matywiecka situates Wirtemberska among other literary luminaries of her day, including Rousseau and Goethe, and explores how the nineteenth century salon culture formed the concerns