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Naomi Mitchison’s ‘Europe’
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This chapter introduces the previously-unpublished Naomi Mitchison short story, “Europe”, placing it in the context of Mitchison’s work for the international writers’ organisation PEN, post-Second World War cultural diplomacy, and the German tradition of Märchen, or fairy tales.
Title: Naomi Mitchison’s ‘Europe’
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This chapter introduces the previously-unpublished Naomi Mitchison short story, “Europe”, placing it in the context of Mitchison’s work for the international writers’ organisation PEN, post-Second World War cultural diplomacy, and the German tradition of Märchen, or fairy tales.
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