Romantic Hero and Contemporary Anti-Hero in Polish and Czech Literature Great Souls and Grey Men

"It represents an extremely ambitious attempt at treating, selectively, the two modern literatures, and is done with great exactness and sensitivity where both Polish and Czech traditions are concerned. . . . he has been successful in making the two literatures come alive through this selective approach, and, at the same time, supplying a historical dimension in the form of developmental continuity." - William E. Harkins

Table of Contents:
Preface by Prof. Rio Preisner
Introduction
The Romantic Hero:
Adam Mickiewicz - Dziady
Juliusz Slowacki - Król-Duch
Karel Hynek Mácha - Máj
Josef Kajetán Tyl - Jan Hus
Romantic Reactions and Developments:
Juliusz Slowacki - Kordian
Zygmunt Krasinski - Nie-Boska Komedia
Cyprian Kamil Norwid - Quidam
Karel Havlícek Borovsky - Tyrolské elegie
Karel Jaromír Erben - Svatební kosile
Bozena Nemcová - Babicka
The Contemporary Anti-Hero
Witold Gombrowicz - Trans-Atlantyk
Stanislaw Baranczak - Sztuczne oddychanie
Zbigniew Herbert - Pan Cogito; 'Potwór Pana Cogito'
Jan Zahradnícek - Znamení moci
Vladimír Holan - Noc s Hamletem
Václav Havel - Vyrozumení
Bibliography & Index