The Dictionary of Czech Writers of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries (1982) is a term dictionary with 128 entries that present a selection of concepts (rather than an exhaustive bibliography) in order to highlight the basic substantive characteristics of particular authors and their impact on the development of literature. It is published as part of the Edition E series.
An expanded edition of the Dictionary of Literary Theory first published in 1984, edited by Štěpán Vlašín (available in book version in the Edition E series).
The Dictionary of Books of Poetry (1990), written by Miroslav Červenka, Vladimír Macura, Zdeněk Pešat, and Jaroslav Med, contains more than 130 entries on important works of Czech poetry from the Renaissance to 1945 (a book version is available in the Edition E series).
Created by Richard Müller and Pavel Šidák, and published in book form in 2012, this dictionary deals with contemporary literary theory with reference both to key concepts and to more narrowly defined terms. With 1018 entries, the dictionary covers all the essential approaches, directions, concepts, and schools that have shaped and continue to shape the form of contemporary literary theory.
An independent project of ICL researcher emeritus Aleš Zach that includes more than 300 entries, with a focus on small and regional publishers. This dictionary supplements the entries on the larger publishing houses covered by the print version of the Lexicon of Czech Literature, parts 1–4 (1985–2008).
On these pages you will find more than 1,500 entries by writers, literary critics and scholars, institutions, domestic and exile publishers, magazines and samizdat editions, and selected works of Czech prose. The online Dictionary of Post-1945 Czech Literature covers the period 1945–2000, and is managed by the Lexicography Department of the Institute of Czech Literature CAS.
The Lexicon of Czech Literature contains 3488 entries on Czech literary figures, institutions, and works of literature from its beginnings until 1945. A book version of the Lexicon was prepared by the ICL and published in four parts and seven volumes from 1985 to 2008. The most extensive dictionary work of Czech literary science is published electronically in Edition E.
