Light Within the Shade Eight Hundred Years of Hungarian Poetry |
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| Author:
| Ozsváth, Zsuzsanna
Turner, Frederick |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8156-3362-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2014 |
| Publisher: | Syracuse University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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The pure verbal energy characterizing Hungarian poetry may be regarded as one of the most striking components of Hungarian culture. Light within the Shade includes 135 of the most important Hungarian poems from the fourteenth to the twenty-first century. Organized in chronological order, the poems are followed by an essay providing the historical, biographical, and cultural background of the poets and the poetry.
The pure verbal energy characterizing Hungarian poetry may be regarded as one of the most striking components of Hungarian culture. Light within the Shade includes 135 of the most important Hungarian poems from the fourteenth to the twenty-first century. Organized in chronological order, the poems are followed by an essay providing the historical, biographical, and cultural background of the poets and the poetry.