A comprehensive reader on the Czech literary avant-garde.
In recent years a prominent trend in the study of European modernism and the avant-garde has been increased attention to texts and traditions that have long stood in the shadow of the French, German, and British traditions that dominate the canon. Yet this more expansive view of European modernism and the avant-garde has been hindered by the limited range of texts available outside the original languages. This book addresses that problem by offering a wide-ranging selection of literary, theoretical, and documentary sources from one of the most dynamic and original European avant-garde traditions: that of the first Czechoslovak Republic and of the Bohemian lands. The Czech avant-garde is in many respects the ideal "alternative" avant-garde to present in detail to a wider readership: it tracks Central European developments and was often influential internationally while being deeply embedded in particular cultural dynamics that produced original forms. This volume returns interwar Czech avant-garde writings to their place as a firmly embedded component of the European avant-garde.
| ISBN: | 9788024653082 |
| Publication date: | 18th March 2025 |
| Author: | Zuzana Ríhová, Meghan Forbes, Daniel Morgan, Ian Finlay Stone |
| Publisher: | Karolinum an imprint of Karolinum Press, Charles University |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 350 pages |
| Series: | Modern Czech Classics |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 |
A comprehensive reader on the Czech literary avant-garde.
In recent years a prominent trend in the study of European modernism and the avant-garde has been increased attention to texts and traditions that have long stood in the shadow of the French, German, and British traditions that dominate the canon. Yet this more expansive view of European modernism and the avant-garde has been hindered by the limited range of texts available outside the original languages. This book addresses that problem by offering a wide-ranging selection of literary, theoretical, and documentary sources from one of the most dynamic and original European avant-garde traditions: that of the first Czechoslovak Republic and of the Bohemian lands. The Czech avant-garde is in many respects the ideal "alternative" avant-garde to present in detail to a wider readership: it tracks Central European developments and was often influential internationally while being deeply embedded in particular cultural dynamics that produced original forms. This volume returns interwar Czech avant-garde writings to their place as a firmly embedded component of the European avant-garde.
From Laughter to Forgetting features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
From Laughter to Forgetting is available in Paperback
From Laughter to Forgetting was written by Zuzana Ríhová, Meghan Forbes, Daniel Morgan, Ian Finlay Stone and published by Karolinum an imprint of Karolinum Press, Charles University
From Laughter to Forgetting has 350 pages
Yes it is part of Modern Czech Classics series