Reading Kafka in Prague on translation, samizdat, censorship, export, and dissent Veronika Tuckerova

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tuckerova, Veronika, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924--Appreciation--Czechoslovakia.

Kafka, Franz.

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924--Translations into Czech--History and criticism.

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924--Influence.

Czech literature--History and criticism.

Czech literature.

Politics and literature--Czechoslovakia.

Politics and literature.

Czechoslovakia--Intellectual life.

Czechoslovakia.

Genre:

Literary criticism

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York Bloomsbury Academic 2025

Summary:

"The first book on the reception of Kafka in Czechoslovakia offers a contextualized understanding of the writer by focusing on the period from his death through the end of Communism. Using a broad comparative framework with a focus on translation and intercultural transmission, as well as archival materials and interviews, this book shows definitively how Kafka shaped the lives and work of his Czech readers, including inner-circle Communists, scholars, artists, and disaffected emigres. Looking at five distinct movements in the reading of Kafka's work in 20th-century Czech lands, this previously unknown story grants 21st-century readers new insights into his oeuvre"-- Provided by publisher

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Other Format:

Print version Tuckerova, Veronika. Reading Kafka in Prague

ISBN:

9798765118405

OCLC:

1465270650

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