Czech Reader

Jan Bazant et al. (Eds.)

Description

The Czech Reader brings together more than 150 primary texts and illustrations to convey the dramatic history of the Czechs, from the emergence of the Czech state in the tenth century, through the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 and the Czech Republic in 1993, into the twenty-first century. The Czechs have preserved their language, traditions, and customs, despite their incorporation into the Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburg Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Third Reich, and the Eastern Bloc. Organized chronologically, the selections in The Czech Reader include the letter to the Czech people written by the religious reformer and national hero Jan Hus in 1415, and Charter 77, the fundamental document of an influential anticommunist initiative launched in 1977 in reaction to the arrest of the Plastic People of the Universe, an underground rock band. There is a speech given in 1941 by Reinhard Heydrich, a senior Nazi official and Deputy Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, as well as one written by Vaclav Havel in 1984 for an occasion abroad, but read by the Czech-born British dramatist Tom Stoppard, since Havel, the dissident playwright and future national leader, was not allowed to leave Czechoslovakia. Among the songs, poems, folklore, fiction, plays, paintings, and photographs of monuments and architectural landmarks are "Let Us Rejoice," the most famous chorus from Bedrich Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride; a letter the composer Antonin Dvorak sent from New York, where he directed the National Conservatory of Music in the 1890s; a story by Franz Kafka; and an excerpt from Milan Kundera's The Joke. Intended for travelers, students, and scholars alike, The Czech Reader is a rich introduction to the turbulent history and resilient culture of the Czech people.

Sujets

• Sociologie, société et politique
• Eastern Europe
• History of Europe
• Czech Republic

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 13 décembre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780822393030
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

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Jan Bažant, Nîna Bažantová, and Frances Starn, eds.

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ŝ ô Iûŝàôŝ  açôééŝ  Gûé ô pôûçàô  Iôûçô 1

IMyth and Hîstory (The Přemysîd Dynasty) Between  7 réô ô à Jôûé ô pàûé  965,Ibrahîm îbn Yaqub at-Turtushî 13 éé ô Sàŝ C, méôûŝ, Wéçéŝàŝ, à ûà,Krîstîán 17 bôéà Côçé,Cosmas of Praue 20 éé ô aéŝ ô pàûé,Care of Assîsî26

IIEarth (Chares IV–Vácav IV)of the  Nave  31 Côçé ô é pàûé Cûç,VeîtmîeBeneš Krabîce of  35 té Oé Séé,Anonymous 39 tàéčé,Anonymous 43

IIIEveryone (The Hussîte Revoutîon) Aaînst  47 éé ô é Céçŝ,Jan Hus 51 Wô aé Gô’ŝ Wàôŝ?Anonymous 54 éé ô é Hûŝŝéŝ,ArcJoan of  56 té né ô à,Petr Chečîcký 58

IVfor Court, Cîty, Country (Vadîsav II Jaîeon– Struges Rudoph II)  67 té Dôé à é pàé tàé,Eîzabeth Jane Weston 75 tô é méô ô tçô bàé,Jan Campanus 76 Déŝçô ô pàûé û é té ô rûô II,Pîerre Bereron 77 éé ô màjéŝ,Rudoph II 80

Contents VProtestants, Vîctorîous Cathoîcs Defeated (Ferdînand II–Chares VI)  83 à ô é Wô à pààŝé ô é Héà,Jan AmosKomenský90 Jà ô néôû,Bohusav Babín 96 té ràôí Cŝàŝ pà,Anonymous 100

VI From the Enîhtenment to Romantîc Natîonaîsm (Marîa Theresa–Revoutîon of 1848)  111 O Sà nàôŝ,Johann Gottfrîed Herder 123 màûŝç ô Zééá Hôà,Anonymous 126 Hôé Côôé,Madaena Dobromîa Rettîová 131 Hŝô ô é Céç nàô  bôéà à môàà,Frantîšek Paacký 133 mà,Kare Hynek Mácha 137 Wéé Iŝ m Hôé?TyJosef Kajetán  142

VIIPoîtîcîans, Vîctorîous Inteectuas Defeated (1848–1867)  145 Wàé Sé,Kare Jaromír Erben 157 té Gàôé,Božena Němcová 165 é Uŝ réjôçé, éô,Kare Sabîna;ûŝç,Bedřîch Smetana 182

VIII From Natîona Sef-Determînatîon to Cosmopoîtanîsm (1867–1918)  187 té téé éŝ,Jan Neruda 207 té bàà ô bàí,Jarosav Vrchîcký 210 àé ôàŝ mô,Kare Haváček 214 éé ô é né Wô,Antonín Dvořák 216 Gôé,Aoîs Jîrásek 219 a réô ô à açàé,Franz Kafka 223 té Sôé Wô,Otokar Březîna 231 màčà màôôà,Petr Bezruč 235

Contents  IXFîrst Czechosovak Repubîc (1918–1938) The  239 té àéû aéûéŝ ô é Gôô Sôé Šéj,Jarosav Hašek 259 r.U.r.,Kare Čapek 268 Vàéé à Hé Wéé ô Wôéŝ,Vítězsav Nezva 279 Sûé ô Càçé,Vadîsav Vančura 288

X Between Hîter and Staîn (1938–1948)  295 O é mûç aééé,BrîtîshParîamentary Debate 307 a é tô ô é Céç Kŝ,Jarosav Seîfert 310 é  à Sà,Jîří Weî 312 O é Eàô ô é Céç nàô,Reînhard Heydrîch 321 té Côàŝ,Josef Škvorecký 327 té Cû Of é é bô’ŝ Hà,Josef Kaînar 333

XISocîaîsm (1948–1968) “Idea”  335 ô é àŝ ééŝ,Mîada Horáková 349 Càéé,Ivan Batný 351 pôééûŝ’ŝ é,Jîří Koář 353 a n  Hàé,Vadîmír Hoan 355 té Gàé pà,Vácav Have 363 té Jôé,Mîan Kundera 372 tô tôûŝà Wôŝ, mà 27, 1968,Ludvík Vacuík 376 Côŝé é Gàé, é bôé,Kare Kry 383

XII “Rea” Socîaîsm (1968–1989)  385 màç pàûé,Aneo Marîa Rîpeîno 399 I-Hôûŝé Wéŝ,Bohumî Hraba 405 té Héà ô é V mà,Jarosav Seîfert 416 Wà aé é Céçŝ?Jan Patočka 419 Càé 77,Charter 77 Inîtîatîve 429 Céç Déà bôô,Ludvík Vacuík 434 pôçŝ à Côŝçéçé,Vácav Have 440 Kûûà/Cûûé,Gene Deîtch 457 U,Bruce Chatwîn 461