Svazek přináší pět studií, jednu recenzní studii a recenze
vztažené k tematice intelektuálních dějin raného novověku. L.
Řezníková (Praha) se věnuje funkci metafor v Komenského historické
teorii a naraci. J. Malura (Praha/Ostrava) zkoumá dějepisné reflexe
stavovského povstání a české války z…
V angličtině. Ke studiím jsou připojeny anglické abstrakty a česká
resumé.
The volume contains five studies, one review article and reviews
related to the intellectual history of the early modern period. L.
Řezníková (Prague) focuses on the function of metaphors in
Comenius' historical theory and narration. J. Malura
(Prague/Ostrava) examines historiographic accounts of the Estates
Uprising and the Bohemian War from the point of view of the
narrative representations of the social crisis. R. Újlaki
(Budapest) analyses the religious identity of the Transylvanian
Sabbatarians at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries in terms of
their relationship to Passover/Easter. Z. Žalud and M. Králová
(Prague) discuss the phenomenon of the "Lutheran Lourdes" in
Hornhausen, Saxony, and append to their study an edition of a
letter by the physician Jan Marcus Marci. N. Mout (Leiden) analyses
the scholarly commemorations and celebrations of Comenius in the
Netherlands in 1892, 1970 and 1992. P. Pavlas's (Prague) review
article deals with recent research on Ramism and Cartesianism,
especially Howard Hotson's new book.
In English. The studies are accompanied by English abstracts and
Czech summaries.
A truly great writer steps onto the stage Daniel KehlmannThe snow of the dying century still lay on the edge of the dark forest when Lajos von Lazar, the translucent child with water-blue eyes, first glimpsed the man he would believe to be his father for his whole life and beyond.Lajos von Lazar is brought into this world with the dawn of the new century, and his birth is both a miracle and a curse, his true patrimony a secret he will never know. The Lazars have ruled their Hungarian lands for generations. In their ancient castle by the edge of a dark forest that compels all who enter it to madness, they succumb to every vice and live only to satiate their desires. But the old order is crumbling, and the days of the Hapsburg Monarchy are numbered.When Lajos inherits, they at last have a baron who can reignite the old splendours, but not even his abilities are proof against the ravages of war and occupation. It will fall to his children - a boy who talks to shadows and a girl who eschews her blue blood - to find a way to stand against oppression and take the first faltering steps towards freedom.A sweeping epic, taking the reader from the beginning of the twentieth century to the Hungarian National Uprising of 1956, Lazar would be a phenomenal achievement for a writer of any age. With its air of timeless wisdom, it reads like rediscovered classic, making it all the more remarkable that it was written when the author was just twenty-one years old. Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch