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Light Within the Shade
Eight Hundred Years of Hungarian Poetry
by Zsuzsanna Ozsváth and Frederick Turner
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Pub Date
Jun 30 2014
| Archive Date
Jun 22 2014
Description
Light within the Shade includes 135 of the most important Hungarian poems ranging from the fourteenth to the twenty-first century. Organized in chronological order, the poems are followed by an essay by Ozsváth providing the historical, biographical, and cultural background of the poets and the poetry. The book concludes with Turner’s essay on the special thematic and literary qualities of Hungarian poetry, as well as notes on translation practices. This essential volume exposes English-speaking readers to Hungarian poetry’s artistic achievement in history and culture, its evolutionary development as a tradition, and its significance within the context of world literature.
Light within the Shade includes 135 of the most important Hungarian poems ranging from the fourteenth to the twenty-first century. Organized in chronological order, the poems are followed by an...
Description
Light within the Shade includes 135 of the most important Hungarian poems ranging from the fourteenth to the twenty-first century. Organized in chronological order, the poems are followed by an essay by Ozsváth providing the historical, biographical, and cultural background of the poets and the poetry. The book concludes with Turner’s essay on the special thematic and literary qualities of Hungarian poetry, as well as notes on translation practices. This essential volume exposes English-speaking readers to Hungarian poetry’s artistic achievement in history and culture, its evolutionary development as a tradition, and its significance within the context of world literature.
A Note From the Publisher
Zsuzsanna Ozsváth holds the Leah and Paul Lewis Chair of Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, where she is also director of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies. Frederick Turner is Founders Professor of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas.
6x9 248 pages
Zsuzsanna Ozsváth holds the Leah and Paul Lewis Chair of Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, where she is also director of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies. Frederick...
A Note From the Publisher
Zsuzsanna Ozsváth holds the Leah and Paul Lewis Chair of Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, where she is also director of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies. Frederick Turner is Founders Professor of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas.
6x9 248 pages
Advance Praise
"Our claims of multiculturalism will remain ever empty, as long as smaller literatures are unknown to us. Turner and Ozsváth decided to do something about it. This anthology of Hungarian poems is exemplary: of high aesthetic quality, tasteful choice, and greatest practical use."—Virgil Nemoianu, Catholic University of America
"Our claims of multiculturalism will remain ever empty, as long as smaller literatures are unknown to us. Turner and Ozsváth decided to do something about it. This anthology of Hungarian poems is...
Advance Praise
"Our claims of multiculturalism will remain ever empty, as long as smaller literatures are unknown to us. Turner and Ozsváth decided to do something about it. This anthology of Hungarian poems is exemplary: of high aesthetic quality, tasteful choice, and greatest practical use."—Virgil Nemoianu, Catholic University of America
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Available Editions
| EDITION |
Hardcover |
| ISBN |
9780815633624 |
| PRICE |
$24.95 (USD)
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Available Editions
| EDITION |
Hardcover |
| ISBN |
9780815633624 |
| PRICE |
$24.95 (USD)
|
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