Origins of the Czech National Renascence (SERIES IN RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES) - Hardcover

Agnew, Hugh Lecaine

9780822937425: Origins of the Czech National Renascence (SERIES IN RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0822937425 ISBN 13: 9780822937425

Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, 1993

Traces the national revival of Czechoslovakia in the mid-19th century to influences of the Enlightenment, when intellectuals of the 18th century used pre-17th-century history and literature to revive the antiquated vernacular tongue and create a popular ethnic consciousness. Draws from a wide range of contemporary and published and archival primary sources, and secondary sources from many languages. A contribution to the re-revision of history in the post-Marxist era. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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About the Author:

Hugh LeCaine Agnew is Associate Professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University.

Review:

“Admirably fills a gap in the history of Czech nationalism. By focusing on a small group of intellectuals and popularizers, Agnew illustrates the early contours of Czech national ideology and self-image. . . . This well-researched and highly recommended study is certain to stimulate additional research on eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Czech history.”
—Slavic Review

“There is no book like this, even in the Czech language.”
—Josef Anderle, University of North Carolina

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