| Afterwards: Slovenian Writing 1945-1995 Contributor(s): Zawacki, Andrew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1877727970 ISBN-13: 9781877727979 Publisher: White Pine Press (NY) OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 1999 Annotation: An instructive essay by poet and critic Ales Debeljak opens this introduction to the rich, post-World War II literary tradition of Slovenia, a nation that emerged from the former Yugoslavia in 1991 following a brief conflict that prefigured the Balkan conflicts that persist to this day. Part of one empire or another for centuries, Slovenia was denied a cultural identity of its own. Its writers, however, insisted on writing in their native tongue, thus keeping Slovenian culture alive in the written word. Contributors include Edvard Kocbek, Tomaz Salamun, Drago Jancar, Berta Bojetu-Boeta, and others. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) |
| Dewey: 891.840 |
| LCCN: 99043487 |
| Series: Terra Incognita |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.06" W x 9.04" (0.78 lbs) 242 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cultural Writing. Part of one empire or another for centuries, Slovenia was long denied a cultural identity of its own. But the confused and confusing questions of Europe, ethnicity, empire, and autonomy are often only a backdrop to what many of the writers in this anthology have sought to foreground, namely, an attention to private life and its attendant sorrows and joys. Poignant, reverent pleas for intimacy amid destruction may be the hallmark of the most engaging writing in Central Europe, from which Slovenia is emerging as a crucial, distinctive voice. Contributors include Andrej Blatnik, Berta Bojetu-Boeta, Ales Debeljak, Drago Jancar, Majda Kne, Edvard Kocbec, Boris Pahor, and Tomas Salamun. Edited by Andrew Zawacki. |