The Journalism of Milena Jesenská: A Critical Voice in Interwar Central Europe Contributor(s): Hayes, Kathleen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1571815600 ISBN-13: 9781571815606 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2003 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | Jewish - General |
Dewey: 891.864 |
LCCN: 2002066600 |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (1.09 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
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Publisher Description: Milena Jesensk , born in Prague in 1896, is most famous as one of Franz Kafka's great loves. Although their relationship 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 Ravensbr ck concentration camp in 1944. It is estimated that Jesensk 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hayes, Kathleen: - Kathleen 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. |