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Light within the Shade: Eight Hundred Years of Hungarian Poetry

Zsuzsanna Ozsváth

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Description:The pure verbal energy characterizing Hungarian poetry may be regarded as one of the most striking components of Hungarian culture. More than 800 years ago, under the inspiration of classical and medieval Latin poetry, Hungarian poets began to craft a rich chain of poetic designs, much of it in response to the country&rsquos cataclysmic history. With precision, depth, and great intensity, these verses give accounts of their authors&rsquo vision of themselves as participants in history and their most personal experience in the world.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&rsquos 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&rsquos artistic achievement in history and culture, its evolutionary development as a tradition, and its significance within the context of world literature.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Light within the Shade: Eight Hundred Years of Hungarian Poetry. To get started finding Light within the Shade: Eight Hundred Years of Hungarian Poetry, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The pure verbal energy characterizing Hungarian poetry may be regarded as one of the most striking components of Hungarian culture. More than 800 years ago, under the inspiration of classical and medieval Latin poetry, Hungarian poets began to craft a rich chain of poetic designs, much of it in response to the country&rsquos cataclysmic history. With precision, depth, and great intensity, these verses give accounts of their authors&rsquo vision of themselves as participants in history and their most personal experience in the world.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&rsquos 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&rsquos artistic achievement in history and culture, its evolutionary development as a tradition, and its significance within the context of world literature.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Light within the Shade: Eight Hundred Years of Hungarian Poetry. To get started finding Light within the Shade: Eight Hundred Years of Hungarian Poetry, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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