Light within the shade : 800 years of Hungarian poetry / translated by Zsuzsanna Ozsvt́h and Frederick Turner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ozsvt́h, Zsuzsanna, 1934- translator.

Turner, Frederick, 1943-2025, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hungarian poetry--Translations into English.

Hungarian poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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's cataclysmic history. With precision, depth, and great intensity, these verses give accounts of their authors' 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'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.

Contents:

""9780815652748""; ""ff""; ""Ozsvath & Turner Final""; ""bf""; ""bc""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815652748

0815652747

OCLC:

883388721