A literature in crisis : Czech literature, 1938-1950 - Součková, Milada, 1899-1983. (New York : Mid-European Studies Center, National Committee for a Free Europe, 1954)
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.
HU OSA 300 - RFE/RL collection
Keywords: Czech literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism