Revised and expanded versions of papers originally presented at three different conferences held during 1999-2000: the 24th annual conference, American Hungarian Educators' Association (Cleveland, 1999); Central European Culture Today (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Sept. 1999); annual conference, Modern Language Association (Washington, D.C., 2000). Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-205) and index.
Contents:
Comparative cultural studies and the study of Central European culture / Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek -- A comparative view of modernism in Central European literature / Andrea Fábry -- Radnóti, Celan, and aesthetic shifts in Central European Holocaust poetry / Zsuzsanna Ozsváth -- Comparative Central European culture : gender in literature and film / Anikó Imre -- Austroslovakism in Anton Hykisch's novel about Maria Theresa / Peter Petro -- Milan Kundera and the identity of Central Europe / Hana Pichova -- Politics, history, and public intellectuals in Central Europe after 1989 / Katherine Arens -- Comparative Central European culture : Austrian and Hungarian cinema today / Catherine Portuges -- Comparative Central European culture : Displacements and peripheralities / Roumiana Deltcheva -- Central Europe, Jewish family history, and Sunshine / Susan Rubin Suleiman -- Selected bibliography for the study of Central European Culture / Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek.
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