General Information

Author/Creator

Součková, Milada, 1899-1983.

Language

English.

Published

New York : Mid-European Studies Center, National Committee for a Free Europe, 1954.

Physical Description

158 p. ; 22 cm.

Series

Mid-European Studies Center publication ; no. 14

Subjects

Subject

Czech literature > 20th century > History and criticism.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Milada Součková.

Content

Introduction / J. B. Hoptner -- I. Symptoms of crisis. Poetry and prose from the concentration camps. History, reportage, or fiction? -- II. Marxism in Czech literature. Czech socialist realism before 1945. East and West. After the communist coup of 1948. Purge of literary history. Conformism completed -- III. Czech poetry after 1945. Revolutionary poetry. The symbol of Prague. Existentialist themes. The young generation. Communist themes. The fall of the great generation -- IV. Czech prose after 1945. Back from exile. The literary tradition. The national and international artist. Literary escapism. The two-year plan.

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 300 - RFE/RL collection

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	891.860904 SOU		OSA Repository	-

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