This biography is the first to pay close attention to Havel's poetry and to place his later work as a writer of plays, essays, prison letters and presidential speeches in the context of his poetic beginnings, his formative stylistic and philosophical influences, and his lifelong rivalry with slightly older poets who turned, as he did, to other genres. Through a reading of Havel's complete works in Czech, including first drafts of his plays and his voluminous correspondence, Williams produces a rounded picture of a man of courage and paradoxes.
- ISBN13 9781780236650
- Publish Date 1 August 2016
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Reaktion Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English