Vladislav Vancura
The Heart of the Czech Avant-garde
Distributed for Karolinum Press, Charles University
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Acknowledgments
Vladislav Vancura: A Brief Biographical Note
Introduction: Finding a Name for Vancura
Nemocná dívka and Tri reky: The Doctor-Writer
Amazonský proud and Dlouhý, Široký, Bystrozraký: The Proletarian Poetist
Amazonský proud and Hrdelní pre anebo Prísloví: The Bergsonian Marxist
Pekar Jan Marhoul and Poslední soud: The Collectivist Non-Conformist
Pole orná a válecná and Rozmarné léto: The Judgemental Philanthropist
Markéta Lazarová, Alchymista and ’Obcan Don Quijote’: The Renaissance Czech
Obrazy z dejin národa ceského: The Chronicler
Conclusion: The ’Radical Centre’
Bibliography
Index
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