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Vaclav Havel
Kieran Williams
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Description for Vaclav Havel
Paperback. This biography is the first to pay close attention to Havel's poetry and to place his later work as a writer of plays, essays, prison letters and presidential speeches in the context of his poetic beginnings. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 19. Weight in Grams: 374.
This biography is the first to pay close attention to Havel's poetry and to place his later work as a writer of plays, essays, prison letters and presidential speeches in the context of his poetic beginnings, his formative stylistic and philosophical influences, and his lifelong rivalry with slightly older poets who turned, as he did, to other genres. Through a reading of Havel's complete works in Czech, including first drafts of his plays and his voluminous correspondence, Williams produces a rounded picture of a man of courage and paradoxes.
This biography is the first to pay close attention to Havel's poetry and to place his later work as a writer of plays, essays, prison letters and presidential speeches in the context of his poetic beginnings, his formative stylistic and philosophical influences, and his lifelong rivalry with slightly older poets who turned, as he did, to other genres. Through a reading of Havel's complete works in Czech, including first drafts of his plays and his voluminous correspondence, Williams produces a rounded picture of a man of courage and paradoxes.
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Critical Lives
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780236650
SKU
V9781780236650
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About Kieran Williams
Kieran Williams is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Drake University, Iowa.
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