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Czech Literature
Czech literature is the literature written by Czechs or other inhabitants of the Czech state, mostly in the Czech language, although other languages like Old Church Slavonic, Latin or German have been also used, especially in the past. Modern authors from the Czech territory who wrote in other languages (e.g. German) are however sometimes considered separately, thus Franz Kafka, for example, who wrote in German (though he was also fluent in Czech), is often considered part of Austrian or German literature.
Czech literature is divided into several main time periods: the Middle Ages; the Hussite ...more
Czech literature is divided into several main time periods: the Middle Ages; the Hussite ...more
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“
[...]
And Faust knows
that he will not speak of it,
and if so only by a comma,
only by a word in a big new book.
It is really something like
a coat of grey fur over the soul,
like the uniform the unknown soldier
wears inside him.
And so he goes and starts a painting,
or a gay little song,
or a big new book.
Nothing has happened but we
always saw if coming
All in all India ink
is the blood's first sister
and song is just as final
as life and death
and equally without allegory,
without transcenden
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― Selected Poems
― Selected Poems
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