History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe
Junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries
Volume III: The making and remaking of literary institutions
Editors
The third volume in the History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe focuses on the making and remaking of those institutional structures that engender and regulate the creation, distribution, and reception of literature. The focus here is not so much on shared institutions but rather on such region-wide analogous institutional processes as the national awakening, the modernist opening, and the communist regimentation, the canonization of texts, and censorship of literature. These processes, which took place in all of the region’s cultures, were often asynchronous and subjected to different local conditions. The volume’s premise is that the national awakening and institutionalization of literature were symbiotically interrelated in East-Central Europe. Each national awakening involves a language renewal, an introduction of the vernacular and its literature in schools and universities, the creation of an infrastructure for the publication of books and journals, clashes with censorship, the founding of national academies, libraries, and theaters, a (re)construction of national folklore, and the writing of histories of the vernacular literature. The four parts of this volume are titled: (1) Publishing and Censorship, (2) Theater as a Literary Institution, (3) Forging Primal Pasts: The Uses of Folk Poetry, and (4) Literary Histories: Itineraries of National Self-images.
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[Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages, XXII] 2007. xiv, 522 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins B.V. / Association Internationale de Littérature Comparée
Table of Contents
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PREFACE | pp. ix–xii
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LIST OF VISUAL MATERIALS | p. xiii
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GENERAL INTRODUCTIONJohn Neubauer, Inna Peleva and Mihály Szegedy-Maszák | pp. 1–38
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Part I. PUBLISHING AND CENSORSHIP
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IntroductionJohn Neubauer, Robert B. Pynsent, Vilmos Voigt and Marcel Cornis-Pope | p. 39
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1. Publishing
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The Cosmopolitanism of Moderní revue (1894–1925)Neil Stewart | p. 63
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The Uncompromising Standards of Nyugat (1908–1941)József Szili | p. 70
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A Contest within Romanian Modernism: Sburătorul vs. GândireaMarcel Cornis-Pope | p. 80
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Krugovi: A Croatian Opening (1952–58)Tomislav Brlek | p. 84
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Underground Publishing in Estonia under Soviet CensorshipKersti Unt | p. 86
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Slovak Journals between Languages and against CensorshipDagmar Roberts | p. 89
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The National Role of the Albanian Literary JournalsRobert Elsie | p. 92
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2. Censorship
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The Laws and Practices of Censorship in BohemiaJan Čulík | p. 95
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Censorship: A Case Study of Bohumil Hrabal’s JarmilkaKees Mercks | p. 101
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Religious and Political Censorship in SlovakiaDagmar Roberts | p. 111
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The Introduction of Communist Censorship in Hungary 1945–49)Mihály Szegedy-Maszák | p. 114
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Strategies against Censorship in Soviet Lithuania (1944–90)Violeta Kelertas | p. 125
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Getting Around Polish Censorship: 1968–89Włodimierz Bolecki | p. 135
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Censorship after Independence: the Case of Aleksander PelēcisKarl E. Jirgens | p. 138
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Part II. THEATER AS A LITERARY INSTITUTION
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General IntroductionDragan Klaić | p. 143
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1. Professionalization and Institutionalization in the Service of a National Awakening
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IntroductionDragan Klaić | p. 147
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Building a(s) Theater: the Pesti Magyar Színház in 1837Zoltán Imre | p. 149
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Slovenia: from Jesuit Performance to OperaLado Kralj | p. 153
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Czech Theater: A Paradoxical Prop of the National RevivalOndřej Hučín | p. 154
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Slovakia: Theater Starts as an Amateur EndeavorDagmar Roberts | p. 158
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Polish Drama Sustains Spiritual Unity in a Divided CountryMonika Adamczyk-Garbowska | p. 159
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Lithuania: School, Court, and Clandestine PerformancesAudroné Girdzijauskaitė | p. 162
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Politics and Artistic Autonomy in Estonian TheaterJaak Rähesoo | p. 163
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Theater Speaks Many Languages in RomaniaMarian Popescu | p. 166
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From the Čitališta to the National Theater in BulgariaJoanna Spassova-Dikova | p. 167
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2. Modernism: the Director Rules
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IntroductionDragan Klaić | p. 171
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The European Horizons of Stjepan MiletićNikola Batusić | p. 173
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Reform within: the Thália Társaság 1904–1908Zoltán Imre | p. 176
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Modernist Inroads into Czech TheaterOndřej Hučín | p. 178
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Fuzzy Borderlines: the Čapeks’ Robots, Insects, Women, and MenVeronika Ambros | p. 183
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The Interbellum Emancipation of the Slovak StageDagmar Roberts | p. 189
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Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism Clash on the Romanian StageMarian Popescu and Marcel Cornis-Pope | p. 191
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Institutionalization and Innovation in the Bulgarian TheaterJoanna Spassova-Dikova | p. 192
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Polish Modernist DramaEwa Wąchocka | p. 196
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Stage and Stage Design in Polish Modernist TheaterEleonora Udalska and Violetta Sajkievic | p. 199
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Popular Amusement and Avant-garde in the Polish CabaretDorota Fox | p. 203
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Yiddish TheaterMichael Steinlauf | p. 205
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The Stage in Independent LithuaniaAudroné Girdzijauskaitė | p. 210
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Kicking with Poetry: Female Trailblazers on the Latvian StageBanuta Rubess | p. 211
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The Ebbs and Flows of Modernist Energy in Estonian TheaterJaak Rähesoo | p. 213
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Branko Gavella: The Director as ThinkerSibila Petlevski | p. 215
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3. Theater under Socialism
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IntroductionDragan Klaić | p. 217
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The Short Interlude of a Liberal Czech TheaterLibor Vodička | p. 221
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Slovak Drama: Reconciling the Absurd with SocialismDagmar Roberts | p. 226
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Communism and After in Romanian TheaterMarian Popescu | p. 227
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Mandatory Socialist Models vs. Stylist Eclecticism on the Bulgarian StageJoanna Spassova-Dikova | p. 228
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Enver-Hoxha Dictatorship Stifles Albanian TheaterRobert Elsie | p. 231
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From Provincial Backwaters to Budapest and World ReputationLászló Bérczes | p. 234
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After Witkacy and Gombrowicz: Faces of Postwar-Polish DramaEwa Wąchocka | p. 238
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Wyspiański’s OffspringsEleonora Udalska | p. 241
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The Visual Richness of the Polish StageVioletta Sajkiewicz | p. 243
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Independence Brings International Recognition to Lithuanian DirectorsAudroné Girdzijauskaitė | p. 245
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Estonian Theater Loosens the Soviet StraightjacketJaak Rähesoo | p. 247
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Ideological Critique and Moral Rectitude in Slovene DramasLado Kralj | p. 250
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Ingenious Dramatic Strategies Reach across the Yugoslav Theater SpaceAleksandra Jovićević | p. 257
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Epilogue: After SocialismDragan Klaić | p. 265
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Part III. FORGING PRIMAL PASTS: THE USES OF FOLKLORE
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Introduction: Folklore and National AwakeningJohn Neubauer and Marcel Cornis-Pope | p. 269
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Levels of Institutionalization in Estonian FolkloreÜlo Valk | p. 285
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Mythologizing Contemporary Baltic ConsciousnessEndre Bojtar | p. 290
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National and International Traits in the Latvian Trickster VelnsKarl E. Jirgens | p. 295
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The Ideal of Folk Culture in the Literature of the Czech National RebirthTamás Berkes | p. 298
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Folklore in the Making of Slovak LiteratureDagmar Roberts | p. 310
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The Question of Folklore in Romanian Literary CultureMarcel Cornis-Pope and Otilia Hedeşan | p. 314
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The Heidenrösleinkrawall (The Row about the Wild Roses): an 1864 Debate on the Origins of Folk BalladsVilmos Voigt | p. 323
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Folklore as a Means to Demonstrate a Nation’s Existence: The Bulgarian CaseAlbena Hranova and Alexander Kiossev | p. 325
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The Rediscovery of Folk Literature in AlbaniaRobert Elsie | p. 335
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“Sons of Black Death”: The Semantics of Foreignness in Twentieth-Century Bulgarian and Macedonian WritingsJolanta Sujecka | p. 338
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Part IV. LITERARY HISTORIES AND TEXTBOOKS
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IntroductionJohn Neubauer | p. 345
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Shifting Ideologies in Estonia’s Literary Histories, Textbooks, and AnthologiesEpp Annus, Luule Epner and Juri Talvet | p. 355
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Latvian Literary Histories and TextbooksAgita Misāne | p. 359
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Sorrows and Glories of a Nation’s Soul: Polish Literary HistoriesJolanta Jastrzebska | p. 361
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Nineteenth-Century Czech Literary History, National Revival, and the Forged ManuscriptsRobert B. Pynsent | p. 366
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Overcoming Czech and Hungarian Perspectives in Writing Slovak Literary HistoriesDagmar Roberts | p. 377
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The Narrowing Scope of Hungarian Literary HistoriesJohn Neubauer | p. 384
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The Career of Latecomers: Romanian Literary HistoriesMonica Spiridon | p. 392
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Conceiving of a Croatian Literary Canon, 1900–50Nenad Ivić | p. 395
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Serbia: the Widening Rift between Criticism and Literary HistoriesSvetlana Slapšak, Guido Snel and John Neubauer | p. 404
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Albanian Literary History: A Communist PrimeurRobert Elsie | p. 409
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National Identity and Textbooks of Literary History: the Case of BulgariaAlexander Kiossev | p. 411
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Pitfalls in Writing a Regional Literary History of East-Central EuropeEndre Bojtar | p. 419
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WORKS CITED
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APPENDIX
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List of Contributors | p. 491
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Table of Contents, Vol. 1 | p. 495
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Table of Contents, Vol. 2 | p. 499
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Gazetteer | p. 503
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INDEX of East-Central European Names | p. 505
“These [...] constitute an unmistakable cultural and literary-historical document in the catalogue of contemporary Europe.”
Nicola Petkovic, in Novi List, December 2008
“This collection of essays marks a significant departure from traditional modes of cultural scholarship. [...] This collection of inter-connected essays is highly successful in re-articulating the history of East-Central European literatures by considering the various 'nodal' points through consistent comparative principles. [...] This study will prove highly worthy not only to those who are interested in East-Central European culture, but also those who seek scholarly and analytic alternatives to exclusionary and hegemonic approaches to the understanding of literature. This volume features a refreshing, pragmatic and enlightened methodology that interprets and illuminates regional cultural developments while recognizing the transformative effects of the larger regional and global milieu.”
Fausto Bedoya, in Rampike 16/2 (2008)
“The volume's four parts [...] offer a thorough examination that leaves out any possibility of exclusions from a vast pantheon of literary institutions in East-Central Europe over the last two centuries. [...] One can only imagine the tremendous amount of research and selection that informs the long list of literary institutions profiled in the volume's insightful and judiciously chosen commentaries attachted to a particular culture, event, or literary development.”
Ileana Orlich, Arizona State University, in Recherche Littéraire / Literary Research Vol. 24 (2008)
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The History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe is, in more ways than one, an exceptional publication. The project's range and the diversity of the topis covered are impressive. The informative value of the articles collected therein is immense. The authors of the essays remind us of the role of the East-Central European writers in the world literary canon. Lastly, the History of the Literary Cultures may well turn out to be a priceless scholarly inspiration, proving the nearly limitless possibilities of comparative criticism.”
Marek Paryz, in akzent Vol. 19:2 (2008)
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Subjects
Literature & Literary Studies
Main BIC Subject
DSBH: Literary studies: from c 1900 -
Main BISAC Subject
LIT004110: LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern