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Adolf Dostal básník nesplněných nadějí
Adolf Dostal – A Poet of Unfulfilled Hopes

Author(s): Libor Martinek
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: poetry; interdisciplinarity; literature and music; Polish minority in the CR; literary criticism; perception; translations

Summary/Abstract: The author’s contribution deals with the poetry of Adolf Dostal (1941–1963) and focuses mainly upon the relations between literature and music in Dostal’s poetry written in the Polish language. At the same time the reception of literary criticism of Dostal’s poetry not only in the region of Tìšín, but also in Czechoslovakia, in the Czech Republic after 1992 and in Poland is mentioned. Translations forming a further dimension of Dostal’s poetry perception are presented in this contribution.

  • Issue Year: 18/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 97-106
  • Page Count: 9