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Views from the Inside. Czech Underground Literature and Culture (1948–1989)
Author: Martin Machovec
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The Czech underground is described here by its own participants and writers. Views from the Inside makes available five literary documents by Ivan Martin Jirous, Egon Bondy, Jáchym Topol, and Paul Wilson. Edited by Martin Machovec, this English-language selection connects the musical and literary milieu with its understanding of itself.
The texts turn to the beginnings of underground culture, samizdat, and experiences of the 1970s and 1980s. An afterword and bibliographical, filmographical, and discographical information provide further orientation. The excerpt from Jirous's text connects a specific memory of a concert with arguments about public and cultural life.
This selection of documents presents the Czech underground from within its creative community. Participants' texts are complemented by the editor's scholarly preparation and reference lists.
Book information
- Author
- Martin Machovec
- Publisher
- Karolinum
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Kultúrne dejiny
- ISBN
- 978-80-246-3592-7
- Publication date
- 1. January 2018
- Pages
- 112
- Edition
- Modern Czech Classics
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-246-4005-1) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-246-3593-4) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-246-4004-4)
What is Views from the Inside. Czech Underground Literature and Culture (1948–1989) about?
Jirous's studies, Wilson's recollection, and contributions by Bondy and Topol illuminate different phases and forms of the underground. Some of the texts were written for a conference in New York in 1990.
The volume offers primary-source voices rather than a single historical account from outside. It suits English-reading audiences seeking to understand the movement's cultural and intellectual foundations.
Themes and motifs
The underground
An independent cultural community and its self-understanding.
Samizdat
Literary creation and publication outside official structures.
Participant testimony
Recollections and arguments from those involved.
Who is this book for?
For readers of English interested in Czech literature, the musical underground, and cultural history.
Otázky o knihe
What is Views from the Inside. Czech Underground Literature and Culture (1948–1989) about?
This selection of documents presents the Czech underground from within its creative community. Participants' texts are complemented by the editor's scholarly preparation and reference lists.
What language is this title in?
English.
Which electronic formats does AudioSpace list?
EPUB, PDF, MOBI.
What page count does the supplier list?
112 pages.
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