| Bibliography |
MENTIONED IN:
- Slovník českých spisovatelů (Czech Writers' Lexicon), Libri, Praha 2005, p. 566-567.
- Slovník českých spisovatelů (Czech Writers' Lexicon), Praha 1964, p. 421-422.
Cf.
- Moldanová, Dobrava: "České spisovatelky v 19. století" (Czech Women Writers in the 19th Century), in: Český jazyk a literatura, vol. 7-8, 1995-1996, p. 145-157.
- Johanides, Josef: "Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová", Rychnov nad Kněžnou 1995. |
| Provisional Notes |
ust oct 2010.
NOT MENTIONED IN:
- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992
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Judgment/evaluation :
• nowadays known only as a cookery-book author; in her lifetime appreciated especially for her poems and stories while her decision to publish cookery-books was consider as wasting talent and time
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The first important Czech woman writer. Writer of fiction and cookery books, author and translator of theater plays.
Her stories belonged to the favourite reading material of young people at that time. Addressed mostly small-town youth with her works. Her works had traditional images of women. Knew contemporary European culture quite well, Gothic novel, Schiller, other German writers. Her works are about love, situated in beautiful landscapes with forests and rocks. Some of her works came out in German at the same time as in Czech. see MOLDANOVÁ.
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Publishing under:
• married name (Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová, Magdalena Dobromila Rettiková, Magdalena Retiková, Léna Dobromila Retiková, L. Dobromila Retygová, L. D. Rettigová, Majdalena Dobromila Rettigová, Dobr. Rettigová, Magd. Dobr. Rett**, M. Dobr. R**a)
• pseudonyms (Dobromila, -la, ...la)
- only some poems and short articles in periodicals
Profession(s) and activities:
• poet
• fiction writer
• author of cookery books
• translator from German
• playwright
Languages in which she published : • Czech
• German Collaboration/connections with male authors:
• Hněvkovský, Šebastián (1770-1847)
• Chmelenský, Josef Krasoslav (1800-1839)
• Mikšíček, Matěj (1812-1892)
• Rayman, František (1762-1829)
• Rettig, Jan Alois (= husband; 1744-1844)
• Sedláček, Josef Vojtěch (1785-1836)
• Šnajdr, Karel Sudimír (1766-1835)
• Pešina, Václav Michal (1782-1859)
Financial aspects of her career:
• No need of living by her pen.
Memberships
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Collaborations
1847)
• Chmelenský, Josef Krasoslav (1800; 1839)
• Mikšíček, Matěj (1812; 1892)
• Rayman, František (1762; 1829)
• Rettig, Jan Alois (= husband; 1744; 1844)
• Sedláček, Josef Vojtěch (1785; 1836)
• Šnajdr, Karel Sudimír (1766; 1835)
• Pešina, Václav Michal (1782; 1859) |