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Padesát let cest jazykozpytce a filosofa
Author: Alois Richard Nykl
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Journeys across countries and languages shaped Alois Richard Nykl's professional and personal world. His memoirs recount his youth in Austria-Hungary and later stays in Europe, America, and beyond. Alongside his life story, the question emerges of how this polyglot acquired his language knowledge and connected it with direct experience.
The Czech edition makes available the first and only fully completed volume of the memoirs. Editor Josef Ženka supplements the text with introductory studies, photographs, and archival materials from Nykl's estate. The eBook will appeal to readers interested in travel memoirs, the history of Oriental studies, and the life of a Czech scholar whose professional career also developed in the United States.
Nykl's memoirs combine autobiography with travel and language learning. This scholarly edition supplements the personal text with an academic introduction and materials from the author's estate.
Book information
- Author
- Alois R. Nykl
- Publisher
- Karolinum
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- Pamäti, Cestopis
- ISBN
- 978-80-246-3354-1
- Publication date
- 1. January 2017
- Pages
- 640
- E-book formats
- PDF (ISBN 978-80-246-3432-6)
What is Padesát let cest jazykozpytce a filosofa about?
The memoirs were written in the early 1930s. The author looks back on his life and the journeys during which he acquired practical and theoretical language knowledge.
He recalls Switzerland, Germany, the United States, Mexico, Egypt, and Japan, among other places. His later university career and specialization in Andalusian and comparative literature provide a scholarly background to his recollections. Ženka's introductory studies help place the narrative in its biographical context.
Themes and motifs
Memoirs
The author's reflections on his life and experiences.
Languages and travel
Acquiring knowledge across cultural settings.
The history of scholarship
The life of an Orientalist and literary researcher.
Who is this book for?
For readers of autobiographies and travel memoirs, and those interested in the history of linguistics and Oriental studies.
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What is Padesát let cest jazykozpytce a filosofa about?
Nykl's memoirs combine autobiography with travel and language learning. This scholarly edition supplements the personal text with an academic introduction and materials from the author's estate.
What language is this eBook in?
Czech.
Which eBook formats are available?
PDF.
How long is this edition?
The supplier lists 640 pages.
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