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Reading Václav Havel /

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In Reading Václav Havel, David S. Danaher approaches Havel's remarkable body of work holistically, focusing on the language, images, and ideas which appear and reappear in the many genres in which Havel wrote.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Danaher, David S. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Havel, Václav. Havel, Václav > Criticism and interpretation. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Eastern. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Texto completo

Table of Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Approaches to Reading Havel; 1 The "restlessness of transcendence": Havel's Genres; 2 Explaining and Understanding: The "Weirdness" of Havel's Plays; 3 Understanding East and West: The World in Existential Crisis; 4 "Metaphysical reconstruction": Translating Havel's Keywords; Conclusion: Havel's Legacy as Appeal; Notes; Bibliography; Index.