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A History of Central European Women's Writing offers a unique survey of literature from the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia and Slovenia. It introduces a little known area of European literature from a unique point of view, illustrating the development of women's writing in the region from the middle ages to the present day. If offers a broad historical survey, placing individual writers in their social and political context and showing how processes shaping their lives are reflected in their works.
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Women’s Writing in Central Europe before 1800
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Women’s Writing in Central Europe in the Nineteenth Century
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Women’s Writing in Central Europe, 1900–45
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Women’s Writing in Central Europe, 1945–95
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Reviews
'A History of Central European Women's Writing represents an intellectual event of considerable magnitude.' - Halina Filipowicz, Slavic Review
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
VERONIKA AMBROS Professor of Slavic Languages, University of Toronto
GRAZYNA BORKOWSKA Research Consultant, Institute of Literary Studies, Polish Academy of Science and Arts, Warsaw
MALGORZATA CZERMINSKA Professor of Polish Literature, Lexicographical Institute, Zagreb
DUNJA DETONI-DUJMIC Research Consultant in Literature, Lexicographical Institute, Zagreb
DUNJA FALISEVAC Professor of Early Croatian Literature, University of Zagreb
ANNA FABRI Professor of Literature, University of Budapest
DAGMAR KROCANOVA Professor of Slovak Literature, University of Bratislava
NINA KOVIC previously University Librarian
DOBROVA MOLDANOVA Professor of Czech Literature, J.E.Purkyne University, Usti nad Labem
ANDREA PETO Lecturer in History, University of Budapest
URSULA PHILLIPS Librarian, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London
ROBERT PYNSENT Professor of Czech Literature, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London
ALFRED THOMAS Professor of Slavic Literature, Harvard University
DIVNA ZECEVIC Research Adviser, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A History of Central European Women's Writing
Editors: Celia Hawkesworth
Series Title: Studies in Russia and East Europe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333985151
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2001
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-77809-8Published: 10 April 2001
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-41770-4Published: 01 January 2001
eBook ISBN: 978-0-333-98515-1Published: 10 April 2001
Series ISSN: 2946-868X
Series E-ISSN: 2946-8698
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 323
Topics: Literary History, Gender Studies