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The Magic Lantern

Timothy Garton Ash
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Timothy Garton Ash

The Magic Lantern

Timothy Garton Ash
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

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Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapters 1-3

Chapters 4-5

Chapters 6-7

Key Figures

Themes

Index of Terms

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

Further Reading & Resources

Essay Topics

1.

In what ways does Garton Ash’s work contain elements of memoir in addition to historical narrative, and is he a reliable narrator?

2.

What are the functions of literary allusion and theatrical metaphor in the Hungary and Czechoslovakia chapters?

3.

How does Garton Ash establish throughout the work that history is unpredictable, even to those who are clearly shaping it?

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