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Art and life in modernist Prague : Karel Capek and his generation, 1911-1938

[NT 42944] Record Type:	[NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
[NT 47348] Title Information:	Karel Capek and his generation, 1911-1938
[NT 47261] Author:	OrtThomas.,
[NT 47351] Place of Publication:	New York
[NT 47263] Published:	Palgrave Macmillan;
[NT 47352] Year of Publication:	2013
[NT 47264] Description:	1 online resource (277 pages).
[NT 47298] Series:	Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History
[NT 47266] Subject:	Arts, Czech - History and criticism. - 20th century -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Czech literature - History and criticism. - 20th century -
[NT 47266] Subject:	HISTORY / Europe / Germany -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Prague (Czech Republic) - Intellectual life - 20th century. -
[NT 51399] Personal Subject:	{EFBFBD}Capek, Karel - Criticism and interpretation. -
[NT 51399] Personal Subject:	{EFBFBD}Capek, Karel -
[NT 51458] Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137077394
[NT 47265] Notes:	Description based on print version record
[NT 51398] Summary:	In most contemporary historical writing, the picture of modernlife in Habsburg Central Europe is rather gloomy. Centered on Vienna in the twilightyears of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it is the story of the failure of rationalismand the rise of a politics of fantasy culminating in protofascist movements. Thisbook tells a different story, focusing on the generation of Czech writers andartists distinguished by their optimistic view of the world in the years before theFirst World War. These figures, most notably Karel Capek, greeted the collapse ofthe Habsburg monarchy not with despair and trepid.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	9781137077394electronic bk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	1137077395electronic bk.
[NT 60779] Content Note:	Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Prague 1911: The Cubist City; 2 Between Life and Form: Karel Capek and the Prewar Modernist Generation; 3 The Lessons of Life: Karel Capek and the First World War; 4 Art? Life: The Capek Generation and Devetsil in Interwar Czechoslovakia; 5 The Self as Empty Space and Crowd: Karel Capek and the Czechoslovak Condition; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Art and life in modernist Prague : Karel Capek and his generation, 1911-1938
Ort, Thomas.

Art and life in modernist Prague : Karel Capek and his generation, 1911-1938 / Thomas Ort. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. - 1 online resource (277 pages).. - (Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History).
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Prague 1911: The Cubist City; 2 Between Life and Form: Karel Capek and the Prewar Modernist Generation; 3 The Lessons of Life: Karel Capek and the First World War; 4 Art? Life: The Capek Generation and Devetsil in Interwar Czechoslovakia; 5 The Self as Empty Space and Crowd: Karel Capek and the Czechoslovak Condition; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index..
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9781137077394ISBN 1137077395
Arts, CzechCzech literatureHISTORY / Europe / Germany -- History and criticism. -- History and criticism. -- 20th century -- 20th century

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