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OverviewAlthough Milena Jesenska's relationship with Kafka lasted only a short time, it won the attention of the literary world with the 1952 publication of Kafka's letters to Milena. Her own letters did not survive. Later biographies showed her as a fascinating personality in her own right. In the Czech Republic, she is remembered as one of the most prominent journalists of the interwar period and as a brave one: in 1939 she was arrested for her work in the resistance after the German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia, and died in Ravensbruck concentration camp in 1944. It is estimated that Jesenska wrote well over 1,000 articles, but only a handful have been translated into English. In this book her own writings provide a new perspective on her personality, as well as the changes in Central Europe between the two world wars as these were perceived by a woman of letters. The articles in this volume cover a wide range of topics, including her perceptions of Kafka, her understanding of social and cultural changes during this period, the threat of Nazism, and the plight of the Jews in the 1930s. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kathleen Hayes , Kathleen Hayes , Kathleen HayesPublisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated Imprint: Berghahn Books, Incorporated Edition: illustrated edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.494kg ISBN: 9781571815606ISBN 10: 1571815600 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 20 March 2003 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements A Note on the Text Introduction Illustrations I. Articles from Tribuna, 1920-1922 What People Eat in Vienna The New Big-City Type Bathing Costumes The New Big-City Type II The Cafe The Letters of Eminent People Shop-Windows The Household and Overalls Dance over the Abyss Children My Friend Mysterious Redemption Melancholy in the Rain Superficial Small Talk about a Serious Subject II. Articles from Narodni listy and Lidove noviny, 1922-1929 On the Psychology of the New Society Devil at the Hearth The Bath, the Body and Elegance A Few Old-Fashioned Comments About Women's Emancipation A Theme that has Nothing to do with Fashion A Beautiful Woman From One Person to Another The Curse of Outstanding Qualities For Whom Do We Write About Fashion in the Newspapers? Baby A Cry for Independence Civilised Woman? III. Articles from P ritomnost, 1938-1939 Judge Lynch in Europe There will be no Anschluss Hundreds of Thousands Looking for No-Man's-Land Beyond Our Strength What Remains of the Communist Party? Married Women out of Work In No-Man's-Land Good Advice is Better than Gold Prague, the Morning of 15 March 1939 The Art of Standing Still Am I, First and Foremost, Czech? Soldaten wohnen auf den Kanonen... Bibliography IndexReviews-Jesenska's essays offer firsthand observations on a society that was slowly imploding between the years 1920 and 1939 [and] will certainly encourage lively classroom debates (especially in women's studies, political science and history courses) concerning politics, the condition of women, and social problems of yesterday and today.- - Slavic and East European Journal Jesenska's essays offer firsthand observations on a society that was slowly imploding between the years 1920 and 1939 [and] will certainly encourage lively classroom debates (especially in women's studies, political science and history courses) concerning politics, the condition of women, and social problems of yesterday and today. - Slavic and East European Journal Jesenska's essays offer firsthand observations on a society that was slowly imploding between the years 1920 and 1939 [and] will certainly encourage lively classroom debates (especially in women's studies, political science and history courses) concerning politics, the condition of women, and social problems of yesterday and today. . Slavic and East European Journal Jesenska's essays offer firsthand observations on a society that was slowly imploding between the years 1920 and 1939 [and] will certainly encourage lively classroom debates (especially in women's studies, political science and history courses) concerning politics, the condition of women, and social problems of yesterday and today. . Slavic and East European Journal Author InformationKathleen Hayes received her Ph.D from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London, and has taught Czech literature and history at Charles University and New York University in Prague. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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