Alfred French
Biographic Data
| ID | 3596361 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfred French |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfred |
| FAMILY NAME | French |
| SIGNATURE | FRENCH A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Czech Avantgardists
Czech Writers and Politics, 1945-1969
"It is easy to oversimplify the social role of writers. At times they make the bullets to be fired by others: at other times they fire bullets made for them: some times they are the target." The book considers the role of Czech writers in the period 1945-69, in particular how far their work was influenced by politics and to what extent they influenced it. A closely documented study of the social, economic, and political scene accompanies the lite…
Anthology of Czech Poetry
Nezval's Amazing Magician
From the labyrinth of literary revaluations to which modern Czech literature has been subjected, the work of the gifted but unpredictable lyric poet Vítězslav Nezval (1900-1958) has emerged relatively unscathed. His literary career was a bewildering trail of shifting allegiances and paradoxical novelties -from Expressionist infantilism to elegant sophistication, from Dadaist anti-art to obsequious socialist realism: an anarchist in his youth, a s…
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Nezval's Amazing Magician
From the labyrinth of literary revaluations to which modern Czech literature has been subjected, the work of the gifted but unpredictable lyric poet Vítězslav Nezval (1900-1958) has emerged relatively unscathed. His literary career was a bewildering trail of shifting allegiances and paradoxical novelties -from Expressionist infantilism to elegant sophistication, from Dadaist anti-art to obsequious socialist realism: an anarchist in his youth, a s…
Anthology of Czech Poetry
Czech Writers and Politics, 1945-1969
"It is easy to oversimplify the social role of writers. At times they make the bullets to be fired by others: at other times they fire bullets made for them: some times they are the target." The book considers the role of Czech writers in the period 1945-69, in particular how far their work was influenced by politics and to what extent they influenced it. A closely documented study of the social, economic, and political scene accompanies the lite…
The Czech Avantgardists
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