Milan JANKOVIČ
Concerning Vančura's Obrázy z dejin národa českého [Scenes from the history of the Czech nation].  /339/

Catherine SERVANT
The Critical Stage of Czech Literature of the 1890s: Was It a 'Necessary Transition' to Modernity?.  /366/

Petr ŠÁMAL
Literary Scholarship and Criticism, 1945-8.  /380/

Vladimír PAPOUŠEK
The Work of Zdeněk Nemeček in the American Context.  /399/


HORIZONS

Miroslava FUJAKOVÁ
Variation as a Principle of Composition in Milan Kundera's Jakub a jeho pán [Jacques and his master].  /408/

Jiří BEČKA
The Islamic World in Nineteenth-century Czech Literature.  /420/


REVIEWS AND GLOSSES

Hana ŠMAHELOVÁ
Návraty bez konce [Returns without end].  /437/

Aleš HAMAN
Establishing the Pre-requisites of Literary Understanding.  /440/

Gertrude ZAND
Informal Reflections on the 'Underground'.  /443/

Josef POLÁK
Jan Neruda's Source for 'Měsíčkovo vyzvání k tanci panence Zemi' [The Lad in the Moon asks Miss Earth to dance].  /447/

Vladimír JUSTL
A Langerian Marathon.  //