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Kundera and modernity / Liisa Steinby.
| Author/creator | Steinby, Liisa |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, |
| Description | ix, 249 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Comparative cultural studies |
| Abstract | "While a large amount of scholarship about Milan Kundera's work exists, in Liisa Steinby's opinion his work has not been studied within the context of (European) modernity as a sociohistorical and a cultural concept. Of course, he is considered to be a modernist writer (some call him even a postmodernist), but what the broader concept of modernity intellectually, historically, socially, and culturally means for him and how this is expressed in his texts has not been thoroughly examined. Steinby's book fills this vacuum by analyzing Kundera's novels from the viewpoint of his understanding of the existential problems in the culture of modernity. In addition, his relation to those modernist novelists from the first half of the twentieth century who are most important for him is scrutinized in detail. Steinby's Kundera and Modernity is intended for students of modernism in literary and (comparative) cultural studies, as well as those interested in European and Central European studies"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-246) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012029233 |
| ISBN | 9781557536372 (pbk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |