Jan Maria Plojhar

Jan Maria Plojhar is a Czech novel, written by Julius Zeyer. Written in late 1887 and early 1888, it was first published in 1891.[1][2]

It is a tragedy about a Czech poet living abroad in Greece and Italy, who is incurably ill with tuberculosis after a chest wound suffered in a duel.[1][2] In an effort to find a muse, the protagonist, Jan Maria Plojhar, has affairs with three women, including a married Romanian called Mrs Dragopulos, described as a femme fatale, and a prostitute called Gemma.[3]

Czech history is also a theme of the novel, and Plojhar is used as a symbol of the Czech state.[2][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Chew 2003, p. 105.
  2. 1 2 3 Bažant, Bažantová & Starn 2010, p. 197.
  3. ↑ Chew 2003, p. 105–106.
  4. ↑ Thomas 2003, p. 48.

Works

  • Brusak, K. (1969). "Zeyer, Julius". In Thorlby, Anthony. The Penguin Companion to Literature. 2 (European Literature). Penguin Books. p. 838.
  • Chew, Geoffrey (2003). "Reinterpreting Janáček and Kamila: Dangerous Liaisons in Czech Fin-de-Siècle Music and Literature". In Beckerman, Michael. Janáček And His World. Princeton University Press. pp. 99–144.
  • Bažant, Jan; Bažantová, Nina; Starn, Frances, eds. (2010). The Czech Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-4794-6.
  • Thomas, Alfred (2003). "Forging Czechs: The Reinvention of National Identity in the Bohemian Lands". In Ryan, Judith; Thomas, Alfred. Cultures of Forgery: Making Nations Making Selves. Routledge. pp. 29–52. ISBN 1-135-45820-0.
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