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Archibald Václav Novák : hříšná exotika
- Title
- Archibald Václav Novák : hříšná exotika / Jan Šejbl.
- Author
- Šejbl, Jan, 1982-
- Publication
- Praha : Národní muzeum, 2020.
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Details
- Description
- 238 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits, facsimiles; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book examines the life and work of the traveller, writer and publisher Archibald Václav Novák, who rose to fame in the 1920s and 1930s as the author of popular novels and short stories set against exotic backdrops. ... It has three main parts. The first centres on Novák's life and travels. The second part addresses Novák's literary work and discusses the contents of all of his books. The third part is devoted to Novák's photographic and film work and the characteristics of what has been prserved of his photographic legacy."--Page 219.
- Alternative Title
- Hříšná exotika
- Subject
- Novák, Václav Archibald, 1895-1979
- Novák, Václav Archibald, 1895-1979 > Travel
- Travelers > Czechoslovakia > Biography
- Travel writers > Czechoslovakia > Biography
- Authors, Czech > 20th century > Biography
- Photographers > Czechoslovakia > Biography
- Travelers' writings, Czech > History and criticism
- Travel in literature
- Exoticism in literature
- Authors, Czech
- Czech prose literature
- Travelers
- Voyages and travels
- Photography
- Czech Republic
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical reference (pages 211-217) and index.
- Language (note)
- Summary also in English.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 22-12966
- ISBN
- 9788070366547
- 8070366540
- OCLC
- 1256641408
- Author
- Šejbl, Jan, 1982- author.
- Title
- Archibald Václav Novák : hříšná exotika / Jan Šejbl.
- Publisher
- Praha : Národní muzeum, 2020.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical reference (pages 211-217) and index.
- Language
- Summary also in English.
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 22-12966