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Central European University Press
The novel Martin Kacur, which dates from 1907, tells the engrossing story of a young schoolteacher who moves from one provincial Slovene town to the next, trying to enlighten his countrymen and countrywomen but instead receiving only the mistrust and scorn of the traditional-minded and petty population. The novel is ruthless in its analysis and self-analysis of the failure of this abstract... Read more
Translator’s Preface, Introduction Reading Ivan Cankar—Socialism, Nationalism, Esthetics, and Religion after One Hundred Years, Part I, Part II, Part III
Biography
Ivan Cankar (1876–1918) was a Slovenian writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist. He is regarded as the greatest writer in the Slovene language and the founder of modernism in Slovenia. He had a major effect on the Slovene language as such, established a model of lyrical prose that overshadowed his contemporaries and predecessors.
John K. Cox is professor at North Dakota State University in Fargo.
