The Deserts of Bohemia : Czech Fiction and Its Social Context /

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Czech fiction in the twentieth century has been deeply enmeshed in the nation's political life and often serves as a conduit for its authors' social ideas. Through a series of brilliant and powerful readings of major Czech texts in both literature and history, Peter Steiner challenges the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steiner, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politique et litterature > Tchecoslovaquie.
Litterature tcheque > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Engagement.
Sociale ideeën.
Letterkunde.
Tsjechisch.
Czech fiction.
Civilization.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern
Roman tcheque > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Czech fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Czech Republic.
Republique tcheque > Civilisation.
Czech Republic > Civilization.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Politics or Poetics
  • 1 Tropos Kynikos
  • 2 Radical Liberalism
  • 3 The Past Perfect Hero
  • 4 The Poetics of a Political Trial
  • 5 Ironies of History
  • 6 Cops or Robbers
  • Index.

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