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ID	28892
Author(s)	Diengott, Nilli
Title	The case of a scholarly gaffe
Published	Essays in Poetics, 17(2), 1992, p. 43-45
Language(s)	eng
Subjects	Russia, USSR, Russia (Federation) / Literature (General) [Browse all] *Formalism
Note	Somehow the expression 'dull biography' became 'doll biography' in a Russian translation from O. Henry, and was subsequently reproduced in a widely-used reader of Russian formalist writings. This article asks for the correction of the mistake and for greater critical rigour and common sense in literary criticism
Medium	article
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The case of a scholarly gaffe