The whirligig of time : essays on Shakespeare and Czechoslovakia
"The Whirligig of Time is a collection of essays written in English by the eminent Czech Shakespearean scholar Zdenek Stribrny, Professor of English and American Literature at Charles University, Prague. Banned from teaching in 1970 in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia, he was obliged to publish some of his writings under the names of others before being reinstated in 1990. The introduction, an autobiographical essay entitled "The Dark Backward and Abyss of Time," tells the story of a life heavily influenced by a time of political and intellectual crisis that most western academics can hardly imagine. Stribrny's account of his experience of Czechoslovakia before, during, and after the Russian occupation, his extensive travels, and his many friendships with scholars of other cultures, should interest both Shakespeareans and students of eastern Europe."--Jacket
Aufsatzsammlung
258 pages ; 24 cm
9780874139563, 0874139562
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