Worlds of Dissent: Charter 77, the Plastic People of the Universe, and Czech Culture Under Communism - Paperback

by Jonathan Bolton (Author)

Worlds of Dissent analyzes the myths of Czech resistance popularized by Western journalists and historians, and replaces these heroic victory narratives with a picture of the struggle against state repression as dissidents themselves understood and lived it. Their diaries, letters, and essays convey the texture of dissent in a closed society.

Author Biography

Jonathan Bolton is Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University.