Miklos Radnoti: The Complete Poetry in Hungarian and English

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McFarland, Jun 12, 2014 - Literary Criticism - 272 pages

This book contains the complete poems in Hungarian and in English translation of Hungary's great modern poet, Miklos Radnoti, murdered at the age of 35 during the Holocaust. His earliest poems, the six books published during his lifetime, and the poems published posthumously after World War II are included. There is a foreword by Győző Ferencz, one of Hungary's foremost experts on Radnoti's poems, and accompanying essays by the author on dominant themes and recurring images, as well as the relevance of Radnoti's work to Holocaust literature.

 

Contents

Foreword by Gyozo Ferencz
1
Introduction
11
Pogány köszöntőPagan Salute 1930
27
Újmódi pásztorok énekeSong of Modern Shepherds 1931
40
Lábadozó szélConvalescent Wind 1933
55
ÚjholdNew Moon 1935
70
Járkálj csak halálraítéltMarch On Condemned 1936
85
Meredek útSteep Road 1938
102
Tréfás versekIncidental Poems 19381943
222
On Translatingthe Poems of Radnóti
227
A Chronology of Radnótis Life and Times
231
A Brief Historyof AntiSemitism in Hungary
237
Source Notes
240
Bibliography
242
English Titles Index
243
Hungarian Titles Index
246

NaptárCalendar 1942
120
Tajtékos égFrothy Sky 1946
123
ZsengékMiscellaneous Poems19251929
175
Kötetbe nem sorolt és hátrahagyott versekMiscellaneous Poems 19301944
200

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Gabor Barabas lives in West Long Branch, New Jersey.

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