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Vladimír Petrík´s Library
Authors: Vladimír Barborík
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The paper Vladimír Petrík´s Library is an attempt at „reading“ of a library from the
perspective of the relation between the library and the owner. The inheritance left by
literary scientist and critic Vladimír Petrík includes over 6000 books, which were accumulated
and used by him during his life. Understanding the type, genre, functional
and time structures of his library, i.e. the relations between the volumes accumulated in
it, enables complementing the already well-known bibliographic profile of the owner,
looking at his personality through this kind of specific cultural memory, which library is,
understanding oscillation between professional orientation and reading as a personal
interest, which becomes a necessity. The analysis of Vladimír Petrík´s library leads
to the conclusion that although he was a „man of books“, he was not fetishistic about
them. They served his main interest, which was literature.