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Angelo Maria Ripellino. Magic Prague. Translated by David Newton Marinelli. Edited by Michael Henry Heim. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1994. x, 333 pp. $30.00.

Angelo Maria Ripellino. Magic Prague. Translated by David Newton Marinelli. Edited by Michael... Angelo Maria Ripellino. Magic Prague. T r a n s l a t e d by David N e w t o n Marinelli. Edited by M i c h a e l H e n r y Heim. Berkeley a n d Los Angeles: University o f California Press, 1994. x, 333 pp. $ 3 0 . 0 0 . A librarian trying to catalogue this book professionally is faced with a difficult task. Over its almost 300 pages, arranged in 103 sections, the text keeps slipping from one bibliographical category to another, constantly changing shape - an exotic, untamed and unfamiliar creature in the sober academic zoo of scholarly historical or literary studies. When entering the magic paradigm of this book, the reader is bound to fumble mentally, having to cope with rapid changes in historical perspective, numerous quotations, references to painting, sculpture and music, while being haunted by all kinds of ghosts and spirits, encountering on every page a challenging mixture of the surreal and the real. But after some initial disorientation, perhaps even irritation, the open-minded reader is likely to surrender to the author's inimitable voice (rendered admirably into English by David Newton Marinelli). http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Canadian-American Slavic Studies Brill

Angelo Maria Ripellino. Magic Prague. Translated by David Newton Marinelli. Edited by Michael Henry Heim. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1994. x, 333 pp. $30.00.

Canadian-American Slavic Studies , Volume 30 (2-4): 435 – Jan 1, 1996

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Brill
Copyright
© 1996 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0090-8290
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2210-2396
DOI
10.1163/221023996X01267
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Angelo Maria Ripellino. Magic Prague. T r a n s l a t e d by David N e w t o n Marinelli. Edited by M i c h a e l H e n r y Heim. Berkeley a n d Los Angeles: University o f California Press, 1994. x, 333 pp. $ 3 0 . 0 0 . A librarian trying to catalogue this book professionally is faced with a difficult task. Over its almost 300 pages, arranged in 103 sections, the text keeps slipping from one bibliographical category to another, constantly changing shape - an exotic, untamed and unfamiliar creature in the sober academic zoo of scholarly historical or literary studies. When entering the magic paradigm of this book, the reader is bound to fumble mentally, having to cope with rapid changes in historical perspective, numerous quotations, references to painting, sculpture and music, while being haunted by all kinds of ghosts and spirits, encountering on every page a challenging mixture of the surreal and the real. But after some initial disorientation, perhaps even irritation, the open-minded reader is likely to surrender to the author's inimitable voice (rendered admirably into English by David Newton Marinelli).

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Published: Jan 1, 1996

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