The Manuscript of karel and Josef Capek’s Adam Stvořitel, Their Last Joint Work Cover Image

Poslední společné dílo bratří Čapků - Adam Stvořitel a jeho rukopis
The Manuscript of karel and Josef Capek’s Adam Stvořitel, Their Last Joint Work

Author(s): Aleš Haman
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro českou literaturu
Keywords: Čapek; Josef; Čapek; Karel; Adam Stvořitel

Summary/Abstract: Examining one version of a manuscript of Adam Stvořitel (Adam the Creator, 1927), which is probably generally unknown, the author sets straight the generally received notion of this being a joint work by the brothers Čapek, Josef (1887 –1945) and Karel (1890–1938), and attributes the proper share of authorship to each brother. Using textual criticism he also reconstructs the original form of one of the last MS versions of the play. The article seeks to explain why critics, especially those at the time, rejected this play, the last the Čapeks wrote together.

  • Issue Year: 57/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 68-77
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Czech