Light Within the Shade: 800 Years of Hungarian Poetry

Syracuse, New Yor: Syracuse University Press, 2014. First edition. Quarto in grey illus jacket; xvi, 278 pages; 24 cm Fine in fine jacket ; as new. in new dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780815633624

In English / Contents: Anonymous -- Balint Balassi -- Kata Szidonia Petroczy -- Vitez Mihaly Csokonai -- Daniel Berzsenyi -- Ferenc Kolcsey -- Janos Arany -- Sandor Petofi -- Janos Vajda -- Jozsef Kiss -- Jeno Heltai -- Endre Ady -- Margit Kaffka -- Gyula Juhasz -- Mihaly Babits -- Dezso Kosztolanyi -- Arpad Toth -- Frigyes Karinthy -- Lajos Kassak -- Milan Fust -- Lorinc Szabo -- Gyula Illyes -- Attila Jozsef -- Miklos Radnoti -- Istvan Vas -- Janos Pilinszky -- Agnes Nemes Nagy -- Zsuzsa Beney -- Agnes Gergely -- Otto Orban -- Gyorgy Petri -- Szabolcs Varady -- Krisztina Toth -- The power of poetry in the Hungarian literary tradition by Zsuzsanna Ozsvath -- The "thou" of Hungarian poetry: translator's note by Frederick Turner. "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."--Publisher. // Hungarian poetry -- Translations into English. Hungarian poetry. Ungarisch Lyrik Översättningar.