literary criticism(145)

Ďáblové, ženy a národ

This selection of essays and treatises by Robert B. Pynsent, one of the most renowned foreign experts on Czech studies (since 1991, a pro...

Výbor z úvah o české literatuře

Ženská próza v italské moderní literatuře

In her book, the author presents the development of female Italian writers from the second half of the 19th century, when women started t...

Ibuse Masuji: A Century Remembered

The Japanese writer Ibuse Masuji (1898–1993) became famous for his best known work: Kuroi Ame (Black Rain), on the tragic outcome of the ...

Řeč ne řeč

An interview with prominent Czech poet Karel Šiktanc (1928–2021) about his life and poetry. Over a two year period Karel Šiktanc wrote hi...

Rozhovor Jaromíra Slomka s Karlem Šiktancem

Vladislav Vančura

This is the first major analytical study in English of the work of the leading Czech Avant-garde novelist and dramatist, Vladislav Vančur...

The Heart of the Czech Avant-garde

Arbeo z Freisingu: Život a umučení sv. Jimrama, mučedníka

In a parallel Czech-Latin version, this book brings the first Czech translation of an original, difficult-to-read review of a Latin text ...

Dějiny německé literatury 3

Bahr's History of German Literature in three volumes, covering the period from the early Middle Ages to the present, belongs among classi...

Od realismu k současné literatuře

Kapitoly z francouzské, italské a české literatury

The first of the three sections focuses on works devoted to French literature. Following an essay on the development of the Holy Grail mo...

Ruská moderní literatura 1890–2000

Russian modern literature 1890–2000 analyzes one of the most complex periods of literary history. It provides an explanation of movements...

Kapitoly o českém verši

Miroslav Červenka (1932–2005) was one of the most important personalities of the Czech literary science of the second half of the 20th ce...

Studie z dějin starší korejské literatury

This publication – the first of its kind in the Czech Republic with such a scope – by Miriam Löwensteinová and Vladimír Pucka, Korean sch...

Papyrologie (řecká, latinská, koptská)