Imagined Geographies : Central European Spatial Narratives between 1984 and 2014.

In 1984 Czech writer Milan Kundera published his essay 'The Tragedy of Central Europe' in The New York Review of Books, which established the framework for disputes about the space?between East and West? for the following 30 years. Even today, the echo of those debates is still audible in...

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Main Author: Konarzewska, Aleksandra
Other Authors: Baran-Szołtys, Magdalena, Glosowitz, Monika
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: La Vergne : Ibidem Press, 2018.
Series:Literatur und Kultur im mittleren und östlichen Europa.
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Content; Acknowledgements; Introduction. Central Europe and its 30 Good Years (1984-2014); A Narrative Construction: The Idea of Central Eruope in Milan Kundera's Writings; Galicia: An Eastern or a Western Land? Remarks on Locating the Province in the Framework of the East-West Opposition; Andrzej Stasiuk's Galician 'Middle Europe': Half-Dark, Empty, and Boundless; Longing for the Empty Space-Nostalgia and Central Europe; Author Information; Illustrations; Index of Names; Index of Subjects.