Milan Kundera (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)

Though Milan Kundera has published both poetry and drama, he built his reputation as a writer and garned recognition from critics with the psychological and emotional depth of his novels. Learn more about Kundera's work through essays of some of the most respected literary critics.

This title, Milan Kundera, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Milan Kundera through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. This title features a short biography on Milan Kundera, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.

The Joke by Milan KunderaAll too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after The Joke was first published, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Kundera 's work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence.