Home and the World in Slovak Writing : A Small Nation's Literature in Context / edited by Katarina Gephardt [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gephardt, Katarina, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slovak literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Slovak literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2025]

Summary:

Home and the World in Slovak Writing brings Slovak literature out of isolation and tells the story of how a nation's literature can survive and thrive despite a small domestic audience and limited circulation in English translation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Foreword: Slovak Literature and Central Europe

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter one. Slovak Literature and the Post-Stalin Liberalization, 1956–70

Chapter two. Literature of the Transition: Between Neo-modernism and Postmodernism

Chapter three. Writing the Self from Autobiography to Autofiction

Chapter four. History and Memory: Rewriting the Past

Chapter five. Poetry and Social Engagement

Chapter six. Subversion and Experimentation in Contemporary Poetry

Chapter seven. Regional Writing and National Identity in the Borderlands

Chapter eight. Expatriate and Cosmopolitan Writing

Chapter nine. Women’s Writing and Social Change

Coda: translators and translations: Translating Politics and the Politics of Translation

An Interview with Translator Julia Sherwood

Appendix: Selected Bibliography of Slovak Literature in English Translation

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780228024071

0228024072

9780228024064

0228024064

OCLC:

1455946172