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A Play for the Informed. Rhyming Riddles in National Revival Magazines
Vítová, Andrea
Rhyming riddles and word plays (anagrams, logogriphs, palindromes and charades) in the cultural and social magazines and newspaper supplements of the national revival period represented a genre aimed at passing time. Their encrypted messages pointed to personalities and acts from an environment where a national society was being formed and was accessible mainly to those readers who identified with nationalist circles. A successful solution to a riddle was a key to this certain community.

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