Synopses & Reviews
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 illustrates the development of women's writing in the region from the middle ages to the present day, placing individual writers in their social and political context and showing how processes shaping their lives are reflected in their works.
Review
"A History of Central European Women's Writing represents an intellectual event of considerable magnitude."--Halina Filipowicz, Slavic Review
Synopsis
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.
About the Author
Celia Hawkesworth teaches Serbian and Croatian studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College, London.
Table of Contents
Notes on the Contributors General Introduction PART I: WOMEN'S WRITING IN CENTRAL EUROPE BEFORE 1800 Introduction Women Readers and Writers in Medieval and Early Modern Bohemia;
A.Thomas Polish Women Authors: From the Middle Ages until 1800;
U.Phillips Women's Writing in Hungary before 1800;
G.Cushing Women in Croatian Literary Culture, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries PART II: WOMEN'S WRITING IN CENTRAL EUROPE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Introduction Czech Women Writers from the National Revival to the Fin de SiŠcle;
D.Moldanov Polish Women Writers in the Nineteenth Century;
U.Phillips & G.Borkowska Hungarian Women Writers, 1790-1900;
A.F bri Women's Writing in Nineteenth-Century Croatia;
D.Zecevic PART III: WOMEN'S WRITING IN CENTRAL EUROPE, 1900-1945 Introduction Czech Women Writers, 1890s-1948;
R.Pynsent The Feminization of Culture: Polish Women's Literature, 1900-1945;
G.Borkowska Hungarian Women Writers, 1900-1945;
A.F bri Croatian Women Writers from the 'Moderna' to the Second World War;
D.Detoni-Dujmic PART IV: WOMEN'S WRITING IN CENTRAL EUROPE, 1945-1995 Introduction Czech Women' Writers After 1945;
V.Ambroz Women Writers in Polish Literature, 1945-1995;
M.Czerminska Hungarian Women's Writing, 1945-1995;
A.Peto Croatian Women Writers since 1945;
C.Hawkesworth Slovak Women's Writing, 1843-1995;
D.Krocanov , L.Cuzy & A.Boknikov Women Writers in Slovene Literature, 1840s to 1990;
N.Kovic Bibliography Index
Part I: Women's Writing in Central Europe before 1800 * Women Readers and Writers in Medieval and Early Modern Bohemia--Alfred Thomas * Polish Women Authors: From the Middle Ages until 1800--Ursula Phillips * Women's Writing in Hungary before 1800--George Cushing * Women in Croatian Literary Culture, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries * Part II: Women's Writing in Central Europe in the Nineteenth Century * Czech Women Writers from the National Revival to the Fin de Siècle--Dobrana Moldanová * Polish Women Writers in the Nineteenth Century--Ursula Phillips & Grazyna Borkowska * Hungarian Women Writers, 1790-1900--Anna Fábri * Women's Writing in Nineteenth-Century Croatia--Divna Zecevic * Part III: Women's Writing in Central Europe, 1900-1945 * Czech Women Writers, 1890s-1948--Robert Pynsent * The Feminization of Culture: Polish Women's Literature, 1900-1945--Grazyna Borkowska * Hungarian Women Writers, 1900-1945--Anna Fábri * Croatian Women Writers from the "Moderna" to the Second World War--Dunja Detoni-Dujmic * Part IV: Women's Writing in Central Europe, 1900-1945 * Czech Women Writers After 1945--Veronika Ambroz * Women Writers in Polish Literature, 1945-1995-- Malgorzata Czerminska * Hungarian Women's Writing, 1945-1995--Andrea Petõ * Croatian Women Writers since 1945--Celia Hawkesworth * Slovak Women's Writing, 1843-1995--Dagmar Krocanová, Ladislav Cuzy & Andrea Bokniková * Women Writers in Slovene Literature, 1840s to 1990--Nina Kovic