An Ordinary Man. The Story of Karel Hynek Mácha’s Brother

Yvetta Dörflová

Pages	150–162
DOI	10.37520/amnpsc.2021.030
Keywords	Michal Mácha – Karel Hynek Mácha – milling – railway – publication of the works of Karel Hynek Mácha
Type of Article	Matiční listy
Citation	DÖRFLOVÁ, Yvetta. An Ordinary Man. The Story of Karel Hynek Mácha’s Brother. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia litterarum. Prague: National Museum, 2021, 66(3-4), 150–162. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/amnpsc.2021.030. ISSN 2570-6861 (Print), 2570-687X (Online). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/acta-musei-nationalis-pragae-historia-litterarum/66-3-4/an-ordinary-man-the-story-of-karel-hynek-machas-brother

Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia litterarum | 2021/66/3-4

The story of Michal Mácha illustrates the life of Karel Hynek Mácha’s family. The paper recalls the almost forgotten and unappreciated efforts of the miller’s journeyman Michal to preserve his brother’s work. It attempts to show the fate of a man living in straitened circumstances in the middle of the 19th century.

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