Ort Art and Life in Modernist Prague

Karel Capek and his Generation, 1911-1938
2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-07739-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 258 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History

In most contemporary historical writing the picture of modern life in Habsburg Central Europe is a gloomy story of the failure of rationalism and the rise of protofascist movements. This book tells a different story, focusing on the Czech writers and artists distinguished by their optimistic view of the world in the years before WWI.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ort, T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Prague 1911: The Cubist City 2. Between Life and Form: Karel ?apek and the Prewar Modernist Generation 3. The Lessons of Life: Karel ?apek and the First World War 4. Art ? Life: The '?apek Generation' and Dev?tsil in Interwar Czechoslovakia 5. The Self as Empty Space and Crowd: Karel ?apek and the Czechoslovak Condition

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Ort is Associate Professor of History at Queens College-City University of New York, USA.