Review article
Two National Encyclopaedias
Mladen Klemenčić
orcid.org/0000-0003-3572-6672
; The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography, Zagreb
Abstract
The article is an analysis of two recently published encyclopaedic projects of enormous national significance: The Encyclopaedia of Ireland and (The Welsh Academy) Encyclopaedia of Wales. Both publications have a pioneering role within the respective national cultures. Their encyclopaedic characteristics, as well as similarities and dissimilarities, are analysed in detail. In conclusion, they are compared with the experiences of the Croatian encyclopaedic tradition.
Keywords
Encyclopaedia of Ireland; Encyclopaedia of Wales; macropedia; micropedia; national identity
Hrčak ID:
110732
URI
Publication date:
15.11.2008.
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