Success and its Relativization: General Remarks on the Fate of Literary Works and their Authors (Specific Features of Czech Literature)

The author of the present paper deals with general features success literary artefacts on examples several Czech authors. Regardless some typical cases going back to 19th century, among others a famous one connected name possibly only real romantic Karel Hynek Mácha, probably most significant poet in world observed from point view poetics and artistic values existential angles, there are quite lot interesting 20th-21st-century authors whose hand loss popularity other signalled causes whole process its markers. While 19th-century their work were linked preparedness reading public, aesthetic tastes prevalent styles, more modern literature since modernism has been connected, besides mentioned factors, political shifts emphasis social atmosphere; it also depends thematic genre structure artefacts, problems dealt with, degree experimentalism. 20th-century demonstrate various aspects problem markers succes association creative individuality.