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Rusalka
Author: Jaroslav Kvapil
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Kvapil’s Rusalka has a poetic and dramatic life of its own alongside Dvořák’s famous opera. This bilingual edition presents the lyrical fairy tale in Czech and in an English translation by Patrick John Corness.
The book is intended for lovers of literary fairy tales, theater, and opera. Influences from Andersen and the Czech poetic tradition provide the text’s context; illustrations by Jiří Grus and an afterword by Geoffrey Chew complement this reading edition.
This bilingual Czech-English edition presents Kvapil’s lyrical fairy tale, which became the libretto for Dvořák’s Rusalka.
Book information
- Author
- Jaroslav Kvapil
- Publisher
- Karolinum
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- Dráma
- ISBN
- 978-80-246-4381-6
- Publication date
- 1. January 2020
- Pages
- 136
- Edition
- Modern Czech Classics
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-246-4705-0) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-246-4700-5) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-246-4704-3)
What is Rusalka about?
The text connects fairy-tale influences with psychological and dramatic treatment. Its relationship to the opera is important, but the publication presents the libretto itself.
Illustrations and an afterword accompany the English translation. The edition allows the poetic text to be read in two languages.
Themes and motifs
The lyrical fairy tale
Poetic and dramatic form.
The libretto
The literary basis of a famous opera.
Bilingual reading
The Czech text and an English translation.
Who is this book for?
Readers of lyrical drama and opera lovers.
Otázky o knihe
What is Rusalka about?
This bilingual Czech-English edition presents Kvapil’s lyrical fairy tale, which became the libretto for Dvořák’s Rusalka.
What language is the e-book in?
A bilingual edition in Czech and English.
What formats is the e-book available in?
EPUB, PDF, MOBI.
How many pages does the e-book have?
136 pages.
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