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The Czech Reader - History, Culture, Politics (Paperback)
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The Czech Reader - History, Culture, Politics (Paperback)
Series: The World Readers
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The Czech Reader brings together more than 150 primary texts and
illustrations to convey the dramatic history of the Czechs, from
the emergence of the Czech state in the tenth century, through the
creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 and the Czech Republic in 1993,
into the twenty-first century. The Czechs have preserved their
language, traditions, and customs, despite their incorporation into
the Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburg Empire, the Austro-Hungarian
Empire, the Third Reich, and the Eastern Bloc. Organized
chronologically, the selections in The Czech Reader include the
letter to the Czech people written by the religious reformer and
national hero Jan Hus in 1415, and Charter 77, the fundamental
document of an influential anticommunist initiative launched in
1977 in reaction to the arrest of the Plastic People of the
Universe, an underground rock band. There is a speech given in 1941
by Reinhard Heydrich, a senior Nazi official and Deputy Reich
Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, as well as one written by Vaclav
Havel in 1984 for an occasion abroad, but read by the Czech-born
British dramatist Tom Stoppard, since Havel, the dissident
playwright and future national leader, was not allowed to leave
Czechoslovakia. Among the songs, poems, folklore, fiction, plays,
paintings, and photographs of monuments and architectural landmarks
are "Let Us Rejoice," the most famous chorus from Bedrich Smetana's
comic opera The Bartered Bride; a letter the composer Antonin
Dvorak sent from New York, where he directed the National
Conservatory of Music in the 1890s; a story by Franz Kafka; and an
excerpt from Milan Kundera's The Joke. Intended for travelers,
students, and scholars alike, The Czech Reader is a rich
introduction to the turbulent history and resilient culture of the
Czech people.
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