Czechoslovakia past and present. Volume 2, Essays on the arts and sciences / Miloslav Rechcigl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rechcígl, Miloslav, author.

Contributor:

Rechcígl, Miloslav, editor.

Series:

Czechoslovakia past and present ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1003 p.) : Num. figs.

Edition:

Reprint 2019

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

To celebrate the 270th anniversary of the De Gruyter publishing house, the company is providing permanent open access to 270 selected treasures from the De Gruyter Book Archive. Titles will be made available to anyone, anywhere at any time that might be interested. The DGBA project seeks to digitize the entire backlist of titles published since 1749 to ensure that future generations have digital access to the high-quality primary sources that De Gruyter has published over the centuries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

A. Literature

Czech Literature: East or West? / Wellek, René

Czech Scholarship and Writings in Sweden in the XVIIth Century / Nosco, Beatrice M.

Jan Erazim Vocel (1802-1871): A Pioneer of Czech-Danish Friendship / Walter, Emil

Neruda and Nekrasov: A Confrontation / Trenský, Paul I.

Vojtech Rakous, a Forgotten Czech Storyteller / Iggers, Wilma

Masaryk on Dostoevsky / Gibian, George

Czech Literature and the First World War / Śkvor, Jiří

On the Integrity of the Good Soldier Schweik / Stern, J. P.

Wolker and Nezval / French, Alfred

The Art of Olbracht's Novel, Nikola Suhaj the Bandit / Harkins, William E.

Karel Capek's Contribution to Czech National Literature / Bradbrook, B. R.

The American Dream become Nightmare: Franz Kafka and Others / Moseley, Edwin M.

The Prague Group of Ukrainian Nationalist Writers and their Ideological Origins / Olynyk, Roman

B. LINGUISTICS

The Bohemian School of Church Slavonic / Matějka, Ladislav

Dobrovsky and the South Slavic Literary Languages / Lencek, Rado L.

An Outline of a Model of Stylistic Analysis / Kucera, Henry

Positional Variants of Liquids in Czech: A Spectographic Analysis / Vanëk, Anthony L.

Surrealist Poetics and Computer-Produced Poetry / Simoncic, Klement

C. HISTORY

The Byzantine Mission to Moravia / Dvornik, Francis

The Historical Background of the Church Conflict in Great Moravia / Dittrich, Zdenèk R.

Great Moravian Architecture of the Ninth Century / Munzer, Zdenka

The Recent Reinvestigation of Cyrillomethodian Sources and their Basic Problems / Nèmec, Ludvik

On the Sources of Matthew of Janov's Doctrine / Kaminsky, Howard

The Influence of the Czech Reformation in the District of Kladsko / Capek, Milic

Hus' Trial at the Council of Constance / Spinka, Matthew

The Ethos of the Unitas Fratrum / Fousek, Marianka Sasha

John Blahoslav, "Father and Charioteer of the Lord's People in the Unitas Fratrum" / Strupl, Milos

A Bohemian Exile in Cromwell's England: The Career of George Ritschel, Philosopher, Schoolmaster, and Cleric / Howell, Roger

The Role of Aristocratic Entrepreneurship in the Industrial Development of the Czech Lands, 1750-1850 / Zak, Jan

Czech Peasantry in 1848 / Pech, Stanley Z.

Soviet Historians on the Origin of the Conflict between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Bolsheviks in May 1918 / Fic, Victor M.

D. MUSIC

The Influence of Folklore on the Modern Czech School of Composition / Kremenliev, Boris

Jánaček's London Visit / Fischmann, Zdenka E.

Bohuslav Martinů / Vaněk, Vladimír

Czechoslovak Music in the American Music Literature / Jirák, Karel B.

E. FINE ARTS

The Beautiful Style in the Sculpture around 1400 / Frinta, Mojmir S.

Realism and Classicism in the Representation of a Painful Scene: Titan's "Flaying of Marsyas" in the Archiépiscopal Palace at Kroměříz / Fehl, Philipp

Oskar Kokoschka and Masaryk / Hodin, Josef P.

The Position of Czech and Slovak Art in the International Art World / Jira, Jaroslav

Thoughts on Recent Czechoslovak Architecture / Hošek, Erik

F. SOCIAL SCIENCES

Linguistic Conditions among Czechoslovak Jewry. A Legal-Historical Study / Kisch, Guido

"The Sokol Movement" - A Tribute to the National Revival and Culture of the Czechoslovak Nation / Lejková-Koeppl, Milada

A Small Nation in the International System : Czechoslovakia's Experience and Example / Povolnŷ, Mojmir

Political Parties. The Experience of Czechoslovakia / Lexa, John G.

The Crisis of Socialism and Czechoslovak Social Democracy / Kohák, Erazim V.

T. G. Masaryk's Contribution to Sociology / Kolegar, Ferdinand

T. G. Masaryk as We See him Today / Machotka, Otakar

Milan Hodža and Federation in Central and Eastern Europe / Mûdry-Sebîk, Michal

Sociological Publications in Czechoslovakia between 1930-1940 as an Object for the Sociology of Knowledge / Kolaja, Jiři

Psychological Trends in Czechoslovak Democratic Education / Velinsky, S. J.

G. PHYSICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Mendel, His Work and His Place in History / Dunn, L. C.

Forensic Medicine at the Medical School of the University of Prague. Contribution to the History of Forensic Medicine in Czechoslovakia / Němec, Jaroslav

Jaroslav Bakeš, Surgeon, Naturalist, and Philanthropist / Absolon, Karel B.

Some Notes on Czechoslovak Microbiology and Biological Sciences from 1875 to 1925 / Felsenfeld, Oscar T.

Jindřich Matiegka and his Contributions to Physical Anthropology / Novâk, Ladislav P.

Bernard Bolzano, Czech Pioneer of Modem Mathematics / Talacko, Joseph V.

Past and Present Aspects of Czech Phytogeography and Climatology / Sebor, Miloš

Exact Sciences in Czechoslovakia, 1948-1958 / Synek, Miroslav

Czechoslovak Psychiatry, Past and Present / Poseděl, Miroslav

H. BIBLIOGRAPHY

Czechoslovakia in Bibliography: A Bibliography of Bibliographies / Rechcigl, Jr.

Contributors to this Work

INDEX

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ISBN:

3-11-156257-3

OCLC:

1091661803