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In praise of newspapers and other essays on the margin of literature. / Translated [from the original Czech "Marsyas"] by M. and R. Weatherall.
Van Pelt Library PG5038.C3 M3713 1951
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Čapek, Karel, 1890-1938.
- Standardized Title:
- Marsyas. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Essays, Bohemian.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 138 pages ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1951.
- Contents:
- In praise of newspapers
- Twelve figures in fighting with pens, or a handbook of literary polemics
- On the natural history of the anecdote
- A few notes on popular humour
- Towards a theory of fairy-tales
- A few fairy-tale motifs
- Some fairy-tale personalities
- Eros vulgaris
- Holmesiana, or about detective stories
- Proletarian art
- In praise of the Czech language.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Marsyas.
- OCLC:
- 2637654
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