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Book/Printed Material A Song of Blood. Krvavé sonety

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Title

  • A Song of Blood.

Other Title

  • Krvavé sonety

Summary

  • Krvavé sonety (A song of blood) is a collection of 32 sonnets by Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (1849-1921), the pseudonym of the Slovak poet, writer, and lawyer Pavol Országh. Hviezdoslav was an important writer and one of the leading personalities in Slovak literature and culture at the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century. This cycle of poems is the poet's protest against World War I. The book is a strong reaction to what Hviezdoslav saw as the oppression and humiliation of humanity brought about by the war and is a summary of the poet's social, philosophical, and moral views. In the final sonnets, Hviezdoslav expresses his desire for peace and his belief in a more just world order. Although the author wrote the poetic cycle in 1914, shortly after the outbreak of the war, the book could be published only in 1919.

Names

  • Hviezdoslav, 1849-1921 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1914.

Headings

  • -  Slovakia
  • -  1914
  • -  Poetry
  • -  Slovak poetry
  • -  World War, 1914-1918

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 16 handwritten pages ; 23 x 15 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Slovak National Library.
  • -  Content in Slovak.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • World War I

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668031

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Hviezdoslav, Author. A Song of Blood. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1914] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668031/.

APA citation style:

Hviezdoslav, A. (1914) A Song of Blood. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668031/.

MLA citation style:

Hviezdoslav, Author. A Song of Blood. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1914] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668031/>.