A History of Central European Women's Writing (Studies in Russian & Eastern European History)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 9
Notes on the Contributors......Page 16
Map of East Central Europe, c. 1992......Page 18
Part I: Women’s Writing in Central Europe before 1800......Page 20
Introduction......Page 22
1 Women Readers and Writers in Medieval and Early Modern Bohemia......Page 26
2 Polish Women Authors: From the Middle Ages until 1800......Page 33
3 Women’s Writing in Hungary before 1800......Page 46
4 Women in Croatian Literary Culture, 16th to 18th Centuries......Page 52
Part II: Women’s Writing in Central Europe in the Nineteenth Century......Page 60
Introduction......Page 62
5 Czech Women Writers from the National Revival to the Fin de Siècle......Page 66
(1) 1800–50......Page 82
(2) The Strategy of Self-Adjustment: Women’s Literature in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century......Page 95
7 Hungarian Women Writers, 1790–1900......Page 106
8 Women’s Writing and Writing for Women in Croatian Literature of the Nineteenth Century......Page 129
Part III: Women’s Writing in Central Europe, 1900–45......Page 140
Introduction......Page 142
9 Czech Women Writers, 1890s–1948......Page 145
10 The Feminization of Culture: Polish Women’s Literature, 1900–45......Page 169
11 Hungarian Women Writers, 1900–45......Page 184
12 Croatian Women Writers from the ‘Moderna’ to the Second World War......Page 201
Part IV: Women’s Writing in Central Europe, 1945–95......Page 216
Introduction......Page 218
13 Czech Women Writers after 1945......Page 220
14 Women Writers in Polish Literature, 1945–95: From ‘Equal Rights for Women’ to Feminist Self-Awareness......Page 239
15 Hungarian Women’s Writing, 1945–95......Page 259
16 Croatian Women Writers, 1945–95......Page 275
(1) Beginnings, 1843–1918......Page 298
(2) 1918–90......Page 304
(3) Slovak Women’s Poetry from the 1960s to the Present......Page 314
18 Women Writers in Slovene Literature, 1840s–1990......Page 318
Bibliography......Page 331
D......Page 336
H......Page 337
K......Page 338
N......Page 339
R......Page 340
T......Page 341
Z......Page 342