In 1984 Czech writer Milan Kundera published his essay 'The Tragedy of Central Europe' in The New York Review of Books, which established the framework for disputes about the space between East and West for the following 30 years. Even today, the echo of those debates is still audible in spatial narratives. Discussing the way in which literary figures are positioned within new hierarchies such as gender, class, or ethnicity, this volume shows how the space of the imagined Central Europe has been de- and reconstructed. Special attention is paid to the role of the past in shaping contemporary spatial discourse.

About the Author
Magdalena Baran-Szoltys is a Ph.D. candidate at the Doctoral Program Austrian Galicia and its Multicultural Heritage at the University of Vienna. She holds an MA in Germanic Studies and an MA in Slavic Studies. She was a tutor in German Language and Literature at the University of Sydney and a visiting scholar at the Institute of Polish Studies at the Jagiellonian University, University of Wroclaw, and at the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University.


Book Information
ISBN 9783838212258
Author Aleksandra Konarzewska
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Publisher ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Weight(grams) 680g