Beyond the World of Men
Women's Fiction at the Czech Fin de Siecle
Published on 28. June 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
351 pages
978-80-246-5617-5 (ISBN)
Description
An inclusive collection of modern Czech short fiction that features overlooked women writers.
Bringing together Czech fiction published by women between 1890 and 1910, Beyond the World of Men presents works that confront pivotal issues of the time, including the "woman question" and women's rights, class conflict, lesbian love, and the relationship between the aristocracy and the Czech peasantry (as in two stories originally written in German by the aristocrat Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach). The collection contains stories that are of literary merit, but also hold historical value. In these works, the authors offer trenchant social commentary while injecting both comic and sentimental elements into their writing, employing humanity and subtlety.
As a whole, the collection suggests a revision of the critical understanding of Czech literary modernism; these writers represent voices that were not usually heard in the male writing of the period. They also demand evaluation in their differing (but constant) reactions to earlier women's writing in Czech and in other European languages, but particularly that of the central figure of Bozena Nemcova, to whose canonic novel Babicka they constantly return.
Bringing together Czech fiction published by women between 1890 and 1910, Beyond the World of Men presents works that confront pivotal issues of the time, including the "woman question" and women's rights, class conflict, lesbian love, and the relationship between the aristocracy and the Czech peasantry (as in two stories originally written in German by the aristocrat Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach). The collection contains stories that are of literary merit, but also hold historical value. In these works, the authors offer trenchant social commentary while injecting both comic and sentimental elements into their writing, employing humanity and subtlety.
As a whole, the collection suggests a revision of the critical understanding of Czech literary modernism; these writers represent voices that were not usually heard in the male writing of the period. They also demand evaluation in their differing (but constant) reactions to earlier women's writing in Czech and in other European languages, but particularly that of the central figure of Bozena Nemcova, to whose canonic novel Babicka they constantly return.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ovocny
Czech Republic
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 188 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-80-246-5617-5 (9788024656175)
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Persons
Geoffrey Chew is emeritus professor in musicology at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Content
Acknowledgments and sources
Czech Women's Fiction at the Fin de Siecle: Beyond the World of Men
Biographical notes on authors
Bibliography
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach He Kisses Your Hand (1885)
Tereza Novakova A Kaleidoscope (1890)
Bozena Vikova-Kuneticka Confirmed Bachelors (1891)
Ruzena Svobodova Life's Sorrow (1891-5)
Tereza Svatova A Visit to His Parents (1894)
Tereza Svatova The 'Praze': A Prague Bastard (1894)
Vladimira Jedlickova Tale About Nothing, no. 5 (1903)
Vladimira Jedlickova Tale About Nothing, no. 14 (1903)
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Daily Life (1904)
Anna Maria Tilschova A Widow (1905)
Anna Maria Tilschova A Rose for Uncle: An Unserious Tale of a Very
Young Coquette, with a Moral (1906)
Bozena Benesova Theories (1906)
Marie Majerova A Tale from Hell (1907)
Marie Majerova Marriage (1907)
Bozena Benesova A Loyal Wife (1908)
Anna Lauermannova-Mikschova Solitude (1908)
Helena Malirova Three Points of View (1908)
Ruzena Svobodova ... And Music will be Playing Outside Your
Windows Every Day! (1908)
Ruzena Jesenska The Death of Ophelia (1909)
Ruzena Jesenska A Truthful Tale of a Stone Statue (1909)
Lila Bubelova The Child (1912)
Marie Majerova A Thorny Question (1917)
Anna Maria Tilschova A Remarkable Incident (1924)
Lida Merlinova Marie and Marta (1933)
Czech Women's Fiction at the Fin de Siecle: Beyond the World of Men
Biographical notes on authors
Bibliography
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach He Kisses Your Hand (1885)
Tereza Novakova A Kaleidoscope (1890)
Bozena Vikova-Kuneticka Confirmed Bachelors (1891)
Ruzena Svobodova Life's Sorrow (1891-5)
Tereza Svatova A Visit to His Parents (1894)
Tereza Svatova The 'Praze': A Prague Bastard (1894)
Vladimira Jedlickova Tale About Nothing, no. 5 (1903)
Vladimira Jedlickova Tale About Nothing, no. 14 (1903)
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Daily Life (1904)
Anna Maria Tilschova A Widow (1905)
Anna Maria Tilschova A Rose for Uncle: An Unserious Tale of a Very
Young Coquette, with a Moral (1906)
Bozena Benesova Theories (1906)
Marie Majerova A Tale from Hell (1907)
Marie Majerova Marriage (1907)
Bozena Benesova A Loyal Wife (1908)
Anna Lauermannova-Mikschova Solitude (1908)
Helena Malirova Three Points of View (1908)
Ruzena Svobodova ... And Music will be Playing Outside Your
Windows Every Day! (1908)
Ruzena Jesenska The Death of Ophelia (1909)
Ruzena Jesenska A Truthful Tale of a Stone Statue (1909)
Lila Bubelova The Child (1912)
Marie Majerova A Thorny Question (1917)
Anna Maria Tilschova A Remarkable Incident (1924)
Lida Merlinova Marie and Marta (1933)