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Timothy Garton Ash

The Magic Lantern

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1990

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Essay Topics

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

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

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