On the origin and interpretation of R. Jakobson's Moudrost starych Cechu and the Czechoslovak exile polemics during World War II

Abstract

The paper examines the origin and interpretation of forgotten monograph Moudrost starych Cechu (Wisdom of the Old Czechs), written by Roman Jakobson, the renowned structuralist and member of the Prague Linguistic Circle, in American exile in 1943.

Keywords

• Roman Jakobson
• Russian exiles
• structuralism