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The Czech Reader de Jan Bazant

The Czech Reader

Editat de Jan Bazant, Nina Bazantová, Frances Starn
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 dec 2010

Remarcăm în The Czech Reader o structură riguroasă bazată pe utilizarea documentelor sursă, oferind studenților și cercetătorilor acces direct la peste 150 de texte fundamentale și mărturii vizuale. Volumul, editat de Jan Bazant, Nina Bazantová și Frances Starn, funcționează ca o arhivă portabilă ce documentează reziliența identității cehe în fața succesivei integrări în Imperiul Habsburgic, al Treilea Reich sau Blocul Estic.

Organizarea celor 568 de pagini este strict cronologică, fiind împărțită în 13 capitole care facilitează urmărirea progresiei istorice. De la primele mituri ale dinastiei Přemyslid și epoca de aur a lui Carol al IV-lea, până la tensiunile secolului XX, cititorul poate analiza critic documente contrastante: discursul lui Reinhard Heydrich din 1941 versus textele disidente ale lui Václav Havel. Merită menționat că selecția nu se limitează la politic, ci integrează organic manifestări culturale, precum corespondența lui Antonín Dvořák din New York sau fragmente din The Joke de Milan Kundera.

Acoperă aceeași arie tematică ca Bohemia in History de Mikulas Teich, dar cu o abordare mai aplicată pe textele primare, oferind cititorului „materia primă” a istoriei, spre deosebire de eseul istoriografic clasic. În timp ce A History of the Czech Lands oferă o narațiune sintetică, The Czech Reader invită la o experiență de lectură polifonică, unde vocea reformatorului Jan Hus coexistă cu versurile populare și analizele intelectuale contemporane. Cele 80 de ilustrații completează acest tablou, transformând lucrarea într-un instrument de referință pentru studiile umaniste.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780822347941
ISBN-10: 0822347946
Pagini: 568
Ilustrații: 80 illustrations, incl. 10 in colour
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.84 kg
Editura: Duke University Press

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Recomandăm acest volum oricărui student la istorie sau călător avizat care dorește să înțeleagă spațiul ceh dincolo de clișee. Prin accesul direct la surse primare precum Carta 77 sau scrierile lui Kafka, câștigați o perspectivă autentică asupra modului în care o cultură supraviețuiește presiunilor imperiale. Este un instrument de studiu esențial care transformă istoria abstractă într-o experiență concretă, documentată riguros.

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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 Slav-speaking Czechs have lived for more than a millennium surrounded on three sides by German-speaking people. 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 founding 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 Václav 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 Antonín Dvorák 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 travellers, students, and scholars alike, The Czech Reader is a rich introduction to the turbulent history and resilient culture of the Czech people.

Cuprins

INTRODUCTIONI.BETWEEN MYTH AND HISTORY (The Premyslid Dynasty) Report on a Journey to Prague in 965 / Ibrahim ibn Yaqub at-Turtushi; Legend of Saints Cyril, Methodius, Wenceslas and Ludmila / Kristián; Bohemian Chronicle / Cosmas; Letter to Agnes of Prague / Clare of Assisi II. NAVEL OF THE WORLD (Charles IV) Chronicle of the Prague Church / Beneš Krabice of Weitmile; The Ointment Seller / Anonymous; Tkadlecek / AnonymousIII. AGAINST EVERYONE (Hussite Revolution) Letter to the Czechs / Jan Hus; Who are God’s Warriors? / Hussite hymn; Letter to the Hussites / Joan of Arc; The Net of Faith / Petr Chelcický IV. STRUGGLES FOR CITY, COURT, COUNTRY (Vladislav II–Rudolph II) Dove and Picture / Elizabeth Jane Weston; To the Memory of Tycho Brahe / Jan Campanus ; Description of Prague in the time of Rudolph II / Pierre Bergeron; Letter of Majesty of Rudolph IIV. DEFEATED PROTESTANTS, VICTORIOUS CATHOLICS (Ferdinand II-Charles VI) Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart / Komenský ; Jan of Nepomuk / Bohuslav Balbín; The Rakovnice Christmas Play / AnonymousVI. FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO ROMANTIC NATIONALISM (Maria Teresa to the Revolution of 1848) On Slav Nations / Johann Gottfried Herder; Ms. of Zelená Hora (Judgment of Libuše) / Hoax; Home Cookery / Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová; History of the Czech Nation in Bohemia and Moravia / František Palacký; May / Karel Hynek Mácha; Where is My Home? / Josef Kajetán TylVII. DEFEATED POLITICIANS, VICTORIOUS INTELLECTUALS (1848-1867) Water Sprite / Karel J. Erben; Grandmother / Božena Nemcová; “Let Us Rejoice” from Bartered Bride / Bedrich Smetana; libretto by Karel SabinaVIII. FROM NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION TO COSMOPOLITANISM (1867-1918) The Three Lilies / Jan Neruda; The Ballad of Blaník / Jaroslav Vrchlický; Late Towards Morning / Karel Hlavácek ; Letter from the New World / Antonín Dvorák; Golem / Alois Jirásek; Report to an Academy / Franz Kafka ; Sole Work / Otokar Brezina; Marycka Magdonová / Petr BezrucIX. THE FIRST CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC (1918-1938) The Fateful Adventures of Good Soldier Švejk / Jaroslav Hašek; R.U.R. / Karel Capek; Valerie and Her Week of Wonders / Vítezslav Nezval; Summer of Caprice / Vladislav VancuraX. BETWEEN HITLER AND STALIN (1938-1948) Munich Agreement ; At the Tomb of Czech Kings / Jaroslav Seifert; Life with a Star / Jirí Weil; On the Elimination of the Czech People / Reinhard Heydrich; The Cowards / Josef Škvorecký ; A Little Boy’s Hair Was Cut Right down to the Scalp / Josef KainarXI. “IDEAL” SOCIALISM (1948-1968) From the Last Letters / Milada Horáková ; Cigarette / Ivan Blatný; Prometheus’s Liver / Jirí Kolár; A Night with Hamlet / Vladimír Holan; The Garden Party / Václav Havel; The Joke / Milan Kundera; Two Thousand Words / Ludvík Vaculík; Close the Gate, Little Brother / Karel KrylXII. “REAL” SOCIALISM (1968 – 1989) Magic Prague / Angelo Maria Ripellino; In-House Weddings / Bohumil Hrabal; Head of the Virgin Mary / Jaroslav Seifert; What are Czechs? / Jan Patocka; Charter 77; Czech Dream Book / Ludvík Vaculík; Politics and Conscience / Václav Havel; Culture / Gene Deitch; Utz / Bruce ChatwinXIII. AFTER THE VELVET REVOLUTION (1989-- ? ) City Sister Silver / Jáchym Topol; Prague 1989, Theater of Revolution / Michael Andrew Kukral; Czech-German Declaration; After the Revolution / Erazim Kohák; Europeana. A Brief History of the Twentieth Century / Patrik Ouredník; April 5, 2009 Speech in Prague / Barack Hussein ObamaEpilogue; Notes; Acknowledgments; Suggested Reading

Recenzii

"The Czech Reader is a collection of more than 60 texts, ranging from the tenth century to the twenty-first. The texts are in English, arranged chronologically, and broken down into 13 discrete periods. They are mostly by Czechs, but a number are about Czechs.... It is a very well chosen, integrated set of texts and illustrations that shed light on Czech culture. It does show the importance of many Czechs in the wider history of Europe, and brings them to a new audience, in English." Michael Carter-Sinclair, European Review of History, July 2012

“The Czech Reader is a real gem, an immensely informative, balanced, and up-to-date compendium on Czech history and culture.”--John Neubauer, University of Amsterdam

“There is nothing comparable to The Czech Reader. It makes a unique and highly valuable contribution to understanding the Czech interpretation of their own history, of who they are, and what historical events constituted them as a nation and a people.”--Silvia Tomaskova, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill


"The Czech Reader is a collection of more than 60 texts, ranging from the tenth century to the twenty-first. The texts are in English, arranged chronologically, and broken down into 13 discrete periods. They are mostly by Czechs, but a number are about Czechs... It is a very well chosen, integrated set of texts and illustrations that shed light on Czech culture. It does show the importance of many Czechs in the wider history of Europe, and brings them to a new audience, in English." Michael Carter-Sinclair, European Review of History, July 2012 "The Czech Reader is a real gem, an immensely informative, balanced, and up-to-date compendium on Czech history and culture."--John Neubauer, University of Amsterdam "There is nothing comparable to The Czech Reader. It makes a unique and highly valuable contribution to understanding the Czech interpretation of their own history, of who they are, and what historical events constituted them as a nation and a people."--Silvia Tomaskova, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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"There is nothing comparable to "The Czech Reader." It makes a unique and highly valuable contribution to understanding the Czech interpretation of their own history, of who they are, and what historical events constituted them as a nation and a people."--Silvia Tomaskova, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill