Writers Under Siege Czech Literature Since 1945
by Holy, Jiri; Culik, Jan; Morrison, Elizabeth SFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-11-01
Publisher(s): Liverpool University Press
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Summary
This History presents a broad canvas of post-war Czech literary developments within the cultural and political context of the times. Information is provided about the many English-language translations from Czech literature, and the circumstances in which these translations came about. Analysis is by way of quoting from original Czech works, especially poetry, with English translation. 'Profiles of the Most Important Czech Writers since 1945' gives biographical and bibliographical details about the most important post-war Czech writers, and links to secondary literature in English. The volume also includes a bibliographical list of the most important works in English on Czech history, literary history and politics, as well as a list of anthologies of Czech post-war literature in English. Originally published in Czech, this English translation has been entirely re-worked, taking the needs of the English-speaking reader and student into consideration. 'Writers Under Siege' is intended for all readers interested in or studying the literatures and cultures of Central Europe. It is essential reading for students of Czech and Slavonic Studies.
Author Biography
Jiri Holy is Professor of Czech Literature at Charles University in Prague.
Table of Contents
| The Development of Czech Literature | p. 1 |
| The Forties and Fifties | p. 6 |
| From May to February | p. 7 |
| The Bleak Years | p. 19 |
| The Thaw | p. 41 |
| The Sixties | p. 56 |
| Between Dogmatism and Reformism | p. 57 |
| A Happy Era in Literature | p. 68 |
| The Sixties Generation | p. 91 |
| The Experimental Era | p. 107 |
| Nineteen Sixty-Eight | p. 115 |
| The Seventies and Eighties | p. 130 |
| Normalization | p. 131 |
| The Three Worlds of Literature | p. 138 |
| The Eighties Generation and Postmodernism | p. 181 |
| The Nineties and the Early Twenty-First Century | p. 198 |
| Literary Life without Barriers | p. 199 |
| Conclusion: Lines of Development | p. 219 |
| Profiles of the Most Important Czech Writers since 1945 | p. 222 |
| Anthologies of Czech Postwar Literature in English | p. 288 |
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