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The return of Munchausen

Krzhizhanovskiĭ, Sigizmund 1887-1950 (author.).

Summary: First inspired in the eighteenth century by the tall tales of the real Baron Hieronymus von Münchausen, the legend of Baron Münchausen--as transmitted and transformed by Rudolf Erich Raspe and Gottfried August Bürger--soon eclipsed the fame of his living counterpart and has captivated the European imagination ever since.

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  • ISBN: 9781681370286 (paperback : alkaline paper) :
  • Physical Description: print
    xii, 140 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : New York Review Books, [2016]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: Every baron has his flights of fancy -- Smoke that roars -- Kant's coeval -- In partes infidelium -- The devil in a droshky -- The theory of improbability -- The hermit of Bodenwerder -- The truth that dodged the man.
Language Note:
Translated from the Russian.

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