Prague
A Cultural and Literary History
by Richard D.E. Burton

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• Author: Richard D.E. Burton
• Release date: March 1, 2007
• Publisher: Interlink Books
• Genres: travel, history, art
• Format: paperback, 242 pages
• ISBN: 9781566564908 (1566564905)
• Language: english

About The Book

Located at the very center of Europe, Prague has been on the frontline of international political, intellectual, religious, and cultural conflicts for more than six centuries. Invaded and occupied by the Habsburgs, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Nazis, and then Communist Russia, the city’s identity is shaped by a long experience of foreign domination and a strong sense of martyrdom. A treasure house of Gothic, baroque, and modernist architecture, Prague is also a city of icons and symbols: statues, saints, and signs reveal a turbulent history of religious and cultural conflict. Richard Burton explores this metropolis of theatrical allusion, in which politics and drama have always been intertwined. His interpretation of the city’s cultural past and present encompasses opera and rock music, puppetry and cinema, surrealism and socialist realism. Looking at Prague’s world-famous landmarks and lesser-known sites, his reading of the city through its writing and iconography is both perceptive and challenging.

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