"Bulgarian Literature from the Liberation to the First World War" is a book that grew out of the lectures of Prof. Milena Kirova at Sofia University. Its content follows the program of students in Bulgarian philology and is tailored to their needs and cognitive abilities. At the same time, this is a book that can introduce a wide range of readers to the history and problems of Bulgarian literature.
Part 3 is devoted to more general topics that have not been addressed so far, such as: The city in Bulgarian literature; Development of theatrical work and emergence of modern Bulgarian drama; Literature created by women.
Two authors are presented with complete portraits: Elin Pelin and Georgi Stamatov. The volume ends with a new assessment of the literature created during the wars of 1912-1918.
Prof. Milena Kirova (1958) teaches Bulgarian literature from the Liberation to World War I and anthropology of the biblical world at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski ". Head of the Department of Bulgarian literature from 2003 to 2011 and from 2015 onwards. She is the author of fifteen books, including the monographs "The Dream of Medusa. Toward a psychoanalysis of Bulgarian literature"(1995), "Yordan Yovkov. Myths and mythology"(2001), "The problematic realism"(2002) and "Biblical woman. Mechanisms of design and policies of depiction in the Old Testament"(2005), "The literary canon. Challenges"(2009).
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