The following study intends to introduce a forgotten poet, novelist and critic, Karel Bačkovský. Consistent chronological focus on his texts serves as a basis for re/construction and outline of certain symptomatic moments and characteristic topics of contemporary discussions (social role of art and artists, tension between reality and imagination, feminism, relations to the past) - through the specific perspective of the author. and Článek zahrnuje poznámkový aparát pod čarou