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Karel Capek is the most important, most versatile, but also the most neglected Czech writer of the twentieth century. The plays R.U.R. and "From the Life of Insects" created a sensation in London in the 1920s; his word "robot" was introduced into the Oxford English Dictionary. Capek's other plays, as well as novels, short stories, essays, travelogues, and causeries, followed in quick succession until cultural links were broken off by the war. Because of his liberal, anti-war views, Capek's works were blacklisted by the Nazis occupying his homeland, as well as later by the communists. Presenting a study of all genres Capek used, B.R.B's book pays the debt history owes to Capek.
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Karel Čapek. In Pursuit of Truth Tolerance and Trust, Bohuslava R. Bradbrook
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- Released
- 1998
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- Title
- Karel Čapek. In Pursuit of Truth Tolerance and Trust
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bohuslava R. Bradbrook
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 1898723850
- ISBN13
- 9781898723851
- Series
- Rating
- 3.25 out of 5
- Description
- Karel Capek is the most important, most versatile, but also the most neglected Czech writer of the twentieth century. The plays R.U.R. and "From the Life of Insects" created a sensation in London in the 1920s; his word "robot" was introduced into the Oxford English Dictionary. Capek's other plays, as well as novels, short stories, essays, travelogues, and causeries, followed in quick succession until cultural links were broken off by the war. Because of his liberal, anti-war views, Capek's works were blacklisted by the Nazis occupying his homeland, as well as later by the communists. Presenting a study of all genres Capek used, B.R.B's book pays the debt history owes to Capek.