PT Journal
AU Lukas, M
TI THE CASE OF NEJVETSI Z PIEROTU BY FRANTISEK KOZIK
SO Bohemica Olomucensia
PY 2021
BP 84
EP 101
VL 13
IS 1
DI 10.5507/bo.2021.005
DE Nejvetsi z Pierotu; Jean Gaspard Deburau; Frantisek Kozik; Czech biographical novel; polemic
AB The paper is a case study on popular Czech biographical novel Nejvetsi z Pierotu by Frantisek Kozik published in 1939. After a concise context overview and a brief characterization of the novel, the study focuses on how the novel was received by the critics and what promotional strategy its publisher adopted, showing what was and what was not considered literary value in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
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