Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture"Lukacs's book is a lyrical, sometimes dazzling, never merely nostalgic evocation of a glorious period in the city's history. . . . {His} true sympathy lies . . . not with the famous expatriates, but with the writers and intellectuals who lived and died at home: the poets Endre Ady and Mihaly Babits; the novelists Ferenc Herczeg, Sandor Hunyady, Frigyes Karinthy, Dezso Kosztolanyi, Gyula Krudy, Kalman Mikszath, and Zsigmond Moricz; the political essayist DezsoSzabo; the playwright Erno Szep; the literary historian Antal Szerb; and others. . . . {John Lukacs} sets out to explain Hungarian literature to English-speaking readers. Though I have no idea whether or not he will succeed, few interpreters of Hungarian literature have made a more touching and eloquent attempt." -- The New York Review of Books |
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Contents
Colors Words Sounds | 3 |
The City | 29 |
The People | 67 |
Politics and Powers | 108 |
The Generation of 1900 | 137 |
Seeds of Troubles | 182 |
Since Then | 209 |
References | 227 |
Bibliography | 231 |
Acknowledgments | 237 |
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