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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Steinby, Liisa.

Kundera and Modernity / Liisa Steinby.

p. cm. – (Comparative cultural studies)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-55753-637-2 (pbk.) – ISBN 978-1-61249-247-6 (epdf) – ISBN 978-1-61249-248-3 (epub) 1. Kundera, Milan–Criticism and interpretation. 2. Europe–Intellectual life–20th century. 3. Modernism (Literature)–Europe. 4. Existentialism in literature. I. Title.

PG5039.21.U6Z88 2013

891.8’685409–dc23

2012029233

Cover image: “Milan Kundera” (2007)

Drawing by Joseph Ciardiello <http://www.joeciardiello.com>

Purdue University Press thanks the artist for the copyright release of the drawing.