Download or read book Slovakia in Poems written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paganism, Eastern and Western Christianity, communism,democracy, industrialization, rural essence, the old and the new,the bygone and the modern, medieval cities and pristine nature,all blend together to create a unique Slovak spirit. A bottomless,millennia-old well of struggles and victories, nostalgia and hope,vibrancy and purity - all this is sealed in the Slovak soul.The poems in this collection capture the eternal and the temporarynature of the Slovakian spirit, taking readers on a poignantjourney into the depth of the heart of Europe. Written by thosewho fell in love with Slovakia and its many faces and countlessparadoxes, the poets rose to the challenge of seizing Slovakia'sever-changing beauty with grace and compassion.Global Slovakia is proud and honored to be part of this beautiful,tender and truly unique collection. The poems do not onlycelebrate the gems of Slovakia, but also help heal the wounds ofa country troubled by centuries of divides and exploitation.May the poems carry you into the enchanted land of the peoplewho never give up hope.Dr Gabriela Bereghazyova and Dr Zuzana PalovicGlobal Slovakia, FoundersMarch, 2021

Download or read book In Search of Beauty written by James Sutherland-Smith and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthology is a selection from contemporary Slovak poetry that joins the fundamentals of Slovak culture with a European and World Context-available in English translation for the first time.

Download or read book Six Slovak Poets written by Igor Hochel and published by ARC Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six Slovak Poets is the sixth volume in a series of bilingual anthologies of contemporary verse from Europe and beyond and features the work of poets of an older generation who started publishing in the 1960s. They lived through the difficult times that followed the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, through the political, social and cultural transformation of the past twenty years since the fall of the communist regime in 1989, and through the division of the country in 1993 which gave birth to today's Slovak Republic. The work of these poets continues the experimentation with form and language of the pre-war Central European avant-garde, with added elements of myth, legend, folk tales, and references to religion and the natural world. Also integral to their work are philosophical reflection and exploration of the moral issues raised by the circumstances in which they worked. The result is a densely woven, polythematic free verse representative of the poetics of a generation that has been central to Slovak literary life for four decades, a generation whose approach to poetry younger writers who have subsequently entered the literary scene are still developing or reacting against. Parallel-text: Slovak / English

Download or read book History of Slovak Literature written by Peter Petro and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1997-05-13 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with the Great Moravian period, Peter Petro surveys one thousand years of Slovak literature. He examines the medieval, Renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic, realist, and modern periods and highlights the contributions of such writers as Hronský, Hviezdoslav, Kollár, Kukucín, Nedozerský, Papánek, Rúfus, Safárik, Tatarka, Tranovský, Vajanský, and Záborský. Like Czech, Polish, and Ukrainian writing, Slovak literature transcended the merely literary to become an influential political and cultural tool: Slovak writers and poets played an important role in promoting and protecting the culture and language of their people against invading cultures. A History of Slovak Literature will be a welcome addition to the field of Slavic studies.

Download or read book The Ground Beneath Our Feet written by Miroslav Válek and published by Bloodaxe Books Limited. This book was released on 1996 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miroslav Válek was one of the leading figures in Slovak poetry in the sixties. Based on images and events, often in an urban setting, his poetry was (and is) a poetry of understanding people, yet at the same time a poetry of a certain wistfulness - at times of resignation.While Czech poets have been widely published in translation, the only significant exposure of their Slovak contemporaries has been through Modry Peter's 1993 anthology Not Waiting for Miracles. That Slovakia has her own distinctive culture and highly imaginative literature is clear from this edition of one of her major writers, which shows Miroslav Válek to be a poet of international status.This edition was copublished by Bloodaxe Books with Modry Peter.

Download or read book One Hundred Years of Slovak Literature written by Stanislava Repar and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Poetick Slovensko written by Milan Zachar and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Anthology of Slovak Poetry written by Ivan Joseph Kramoris and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An anthology of Slovak poetry written by Miloš Klement Mlynarovič and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book In Poems written by Allan Stevo and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobel Prize nominee Milan Rúfus (1928-2009) was the unofficial poet laureate of Slovakia and a poet so beloved by the Slovak people that his books regularly outsold mass-market fiction in Slovakia. In Poems is a collection in Slovak and English excerpted from his final book of poetry, Ako stopy v snehu (Like Footprints in the Snow).

Download or read book The A to Z of Slovakia written by Stanislav J. Kirschbaum and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-05-10 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The A to Z of Slovakia offers an up to date series of cross-referenced dictionary entries on Slovak political, social, and economic development since the creation of the second Slovak Republic in 1993 until its admission into the European Union in 2004. It includes all of the political actors: the presidents, prime ministers, and party leaders, and many leading academics and cultural personalities, including those from the national minorities. It also contains entries on the various institutions of the Slovak Republic like the judiciary, the armed forces, the media, and parliamentary committees as well as entries that explain Slovakia's position and role in international organizations like NATO and the European Union. The historical survey explains how Slovakia, in its post-Communist transformation, was almost excluded, but in the end became a full member of these two institutions.

Download or read book Slavdom written by Ľudovít Štúr and published by Glagoslav Publications. This book was released on 2021-06-07 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Why do you whimper and wail, O Tatra streams and rivers, who carry your plaintive lament resounding to the sea?’ asks the narrator toward the end of The Slovaks, in Ancient Days, and Now. They respond: ‘Because our human compatriots do not join together in memory, as we our waters mix with our origin, and because their lives do not resound booming, but roll on unconsciously, like hidden streams, silently to the sea of the life of the nations, young man!’ This quotation from the most famous prose work of Ľudovít Štúr (1815 – 1856) might be set as a motto to the literary career of Slovakia’s greatest Romantic poet, publicist, and political activist. For all of Štúr’s writings aim at one goal: the propagation of the national traditions of the Slovaks in an age when their nation was threatened with such repression from the Magyar majority in Hungary, that the complete extinction of the Slovak language and culture was a real possibility. Slavdom: A Selection of his Writings in Prose and Verse presents the reader with a wide selection of the creative output of a great Slovak writer, and an important Pan-Slav thinker. Divided in three parts: ‘Slovakia,’ ‘Pan-Slavism’ and ‘Russia,’ it reflects the development of Štúr’s thought, from his insistence on the importance of the Slovak past and the quality of Slovak culture, through his attempts to find a modus vivendi within the Austro-Hungarian Empire by uniting all of the Slavic nations of Austria together in a federation under the Habsburg crown (Austro-Slavism) to his arguments for all Slavs to unite under the hegemony of Russia, when the events following the Spring of the Peoples in 1848 proved Austro-Slavism a dead alley. Slavdom offers a generous selection of Štúr’s writings, from Slavic apologetics such as The Contribution of the Slavs to European Civilisation though selections of his poetry, chiefly, the two great chansons de geste centring on the ancient Great Moravian Empire: Svatoboj and Matúš of Trenčín. A must read for anyone interested in Slovak literature, Pan-Slavism, and European Romanticism in general. This book was published with a financial support from SLOLIA, Centre for Information on Literature in Bratislava.

Download or read book Slovakia a verse in the poem of Europe written by Bohuslav Piatko and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Little Book of Poetry written by Kathi Burg and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Little Book of Poetry: For When Night Seems Dark is a collection of powerful and moving poems which remind us that although we will have difficulties in this world, we are not alone, unseen, or forgotten. That although at times we may feel like a small, insignificant being in this giant universe, we are of great importance to the One who created us. That in this world, we will experience joy and sorrow, tears and laughter, beginnings and endings, but with God at our side, we need never be without hope. This Little book is made up of 26 poems, each accompanied by a Bible verse and an original, full-color illustration.

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Slovakia written by Stanislav J. Kirschbaum and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the stroke of midnight on 1 January 2013, the inhabitants of Slovakia celebrated a major milestone in their history: two decades of democratic government and personal freedom. This is so far the longest period of such rule in their history. This anniversary surpasses by a few months their only previous, generation-long, experience, namely in the First Czecho-Slovak Republic (1918-1938). The difference, of course, is that the Slovaks no longer share a state with another nation but run their own affairs. Slovakia is now an accepted and recognized member in the family of nations whose athletes, artists, and other notable personalities are acknowledged around the world. It is a member of international organization's and multilateral institutions and participates in efforts to maintain peace and enhance prosperity around the world. The third edition of Historical Dictionary of Slovakia provides a thorough update of the many accomplishments that Slovakia has achieved. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The cross-referenced dictionary section has over 1000 entries on significant persons, places and events, political parties and institutions, literature, music and the arts. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Slovakia.

Download or read book Scent of the Unseen written by Mila Haugová and published by ARC Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first UK publication for Slovakia's leading woman poet concentrates on poetry written in the 1990s-perhaps Haugova's most fruitful period. Feminism and ancient myth contribute to the fabric of her work, as do the Central European traditions of surrealism and hermeticism. Haugova's is a poetry which continually reaches beyond itself, taking us into what might be unseen at the start of a poem but which is palpably evident once the poem has penetrated the pores of our skin.

Download or read book A History of Slovakia The Struggle for Survival written by Stanislav J. Kirschbaum and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic book offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of Slovakia, from its establishment on the Danubian Plain to the present. While paying tribute to Slovakia's resilience and struggle for survival, it describes contributions to European civilization in the Middle Ages; the development of Slovak consciousness in response to Magyarization; its struggle for autonomy in Czechoslovakia after the Treaty of Versailles; its resistance, as the first Slovak Republic, to a Nazi-controlled Europe; its reaction to Communism; and the path that led to the creation of the second Slovak Republic. Now fully updated to the present day, the book examines the vagaries of Slovak post-Communist politics that led to Slovakia's membership in NATO and the European Union.