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

Main entry:

Ort, Thomas, author.

Title & Author:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
©2013

Description:

xiii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246) and index.
Prague 1911: the Cubist city -- Between life and form: Karel Čapek and the prewar modernist generation -- The lessons of life: Karl Čapek and the First World War -- Art life: the Čapek generation and Devětsil in interwar Czechoslovakia -- The self as empty space and crowd: Karl Čapek and the Czechoslovak condition.

Summary:

In most histories of Europe before the First World War, modern life in Habsburg Mitteleuropa takes on a decidedly gloomy cast. Centering on Vienna in the twilight years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, such accounts describe the failure of rationalism and the rise of a dangerous politics of fantasy. This book tells a different story, highlighting a generation of Czech writers and artists distinguished by their affirmative encounter with the modern world in the first decades of the twentieth century. Novelist and playwright Karel Capek, along with other members of his cohort, embraced the possibilities of the post-Habsburg era. Tracing the roots of Capek's generation to cubist art and turn-of-the-century philosophy, author Thomas Ort shows that the form of modernism they championed led not into the thickets of fascism or communism but in fact closer to liberal political ideals. Book jacket.

ISBN:

9780230113626 (hardcover)
0230113621 (hardcover)

Subject:

Čapek, Karel, 1890-1938 Criticism and interpretation.
Čapek, Karel, 1890-1938.
Arts, Czech 20th century History and criticism.
Czech literature 20th century History and criticism.
Arts tchèques 20e siècle Histoire et critique.
Arts, Czech.
Czech literature.
Intellectual life.
Tjeckisk litteratur historia.
Tjeckisk konst historia.
Intellektuellt liv historia.
Prague (Czech Republic) Intellectual life 20th century.
Czech Republic Prague.
Tjeckien Prag.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285995
Call No.: BIB 226070
Status: Available

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