Poetry in Volumes Published by Czech Wartime Émigrés in Great Britain Cover Image

Poezie ve sbornících britského válečného exilu
Poetry in Volumes Published by Czech Wartime Émigrés in Great Britain

Author(s): Michal Jareš
Subject(s): History
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro soudobé dějiny
Keywords: books in Czech in the UK; books in Slovak in the UK; Ota Ornest; Czech literature; Czech exile literature;

Summary/Abstract: This article is considers four volumes of Czech verse, which were published by Czech émigrés in Great Britain in the early years of the Second World War. They are Hlasy domova/Křik koruny české (Voices from Home/The Cry of the Bohemian Crown, 1939), Domů... (Homewards, 1939), Ústy domova (The Voice of Home, 1941), and Z lyriky války (Lyric Verse in Wartime, 1941). The author fi rst seeks to provide an overview of the literary culture of the Czech wartime émigrés in context. [...] Samples of verse from these volumes are appended to the article.

  • Issue Year: XIV/2007
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 44-77
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Czech