But I was born to celebrate

Abstract

In his study Ivo Harák deals with poetic work of Jan Zahradníček, one of the most remarkable representatives of Czech spiritual lyrics of 20th century. Harák gives a comprehensive analysis of Zahradníček´s poetry collections – using knowledge of the most significant secondary sources concerning Zahradníček´s production. Harák attempts to draw the developmental line of Zahradníček´s work since his beginning in poetry (Pokušení smrti) to the development of Zahradníček’s poetics to the mid-1930s XX. century. Harák points at ideal and formative dominants being repeated, deepening and making variations in Zahradníček´s work. Harák also relates to his previous works on analogical authors (particularly to his monograph Básník a jeho čas on Zdeněk Rotrekl and another monograph of his Básník Josef Suchý).