<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Virginia Woolf and Karel Čapek produced direct responses to the British Empire Exhibition in the forms of – in Woolf’s case – a scathing essay entitled ‘Thunder at Wembley’ and – in Čapek’s case – a <italic>(P)Ost</italic>Modernist travelogue later published as part of ‘Letters from England’ translated into English in 1925 and banned by the Nazis as well as the Communists. This research paper juxtaposes modernity in Central Europe with its ‘Other’ – that in Western Europe – by exploring Woolf and Čapek’s <italic>durée réelle</italic> between 1910 and 1924. It offers an analysis of Karel Čapek’s <italic>(P)Ost</italic>Modern legacies, placing Prague right on the modernist centre stage. The socio-political contribution of Central European regional modernism in Čapek’s work is increasingly vital to the contemporary Europe of Brexit and refugee and migrant crises, and beyond.</p></abstract>

Virginia Woolf and Karel Čapek produced direct responses to the British Empire Exhibition in the forms of – in Woolf’s case – a scathing essay entitled ‘Thunder at Wembley’ and – in Čapek’s case – a (P)OstModernist travelogue later published as part of ‘Letters from England’ translated into English in 1925 and banned by the Nazis as well as the Communists. This research paper juxtaposes modernity in Central Europe with its ‘Other’ – that in Western Europe – by exploring Woolf and Čapek’s durée réelle between 1910 and 1924. It offers an analysis of Karel Čapek’s (P)OstModern legacies, placing Prague right on the modernist centre stage. The socio-political contribution of Central European regional modernism in Čapek’s work is increasingly vital to the contemporary Europe of Brexit and refugee and migrant crises, and beyond.

’...and Miraculously <italic>Post</italic>-Modern Became <italic>Ost-</italic>Modern’: How <italic>On or About</italic> 1910 and 1924 Karel Čapek Helped to Add and Strike off the ‘P’

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, European and Regional Studies

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’...and Miraculously -Modern Became Modern’: How  1910 and 1924 Karel Čapek Helped to Add and Strike off the ‘P’

Virginia Woolf and Karel Čapek produced direct responses to the British Empire Exhibition in the forms of – in Woolf’s case – a scathing essay entitled...

’...and Miraculously Post-Modern Became Ost-Modern’: How On or About 1910 and 1924 Karel Čapek Helped to Add and Strike off the ‘P’

Published Online: Mar 12, 2019

Page range: 7 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auseur-2018-0008

Keywords
Virginia Woolf, Karel Čapek, British Empire Exhibition, modernism, postcolonialism

© 2018 Verita Sriratana, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

’...and Miraculously Post-Modern Became Ost-Modern’: How On or About 1910 and 1924 Karel Čapek Helped to Add and Strike off the ‘P’

Published Online: Mar 12, 2019

Page range: 7 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auseur-2018-0008

KeywordsVirginia Woolf, Karel Čapek, British Empire Exhibition, modernism, postcolonialism

© 2018 Verita Sriratana, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Virginia Woolf, Karel Čapek, British Empire Exhibition, modernism, postcolonialism