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From Laughter to Forgetting

From Laughter to Forgetting

A Sourcebook of Czech Avant-Garde Discourses

Říhová, Zuzana (ed.)

subjects: Czech studies, photography and film
coedition with: Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR, v.v.i.

e-book, 1. edition
translation: Forbes, Meghan - Stone, Ian Finlay - Morgan, Daniel
published: october 2024
ISBN: 978-80-246-5309-9
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A comprehensive reader on the Czech literary avant-garde.

This book offers a wide-ranging selection of literary, theoretical, and documentary sources from one of the most dynamic and original European avant-garde traditions: that of the first Czechoslovak Republic and of the Bohemian lands. The Czech avant-garde is in many respects the ideal “alternative” avant-garde to present in detail to a wider readership: it tracks Central European developments and was often influential internationally while being deeply ingrained in particular cultural dynamics that produced original forms. This volume returns interwar Czech avant-garde writings to their place as a firmly embedded component of the European avant-garde. This volume should be on hand to every scholar or reader interested in avant-garde art.