The Novels of Zsigmond Móricz in the Context of European Realism: A Thematic Approach

Author:   Virginia L. Lewis ,  Hugo G. Walter ,  Virginia L. Lewis
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   140
ISBN:  

9781433167683


Pages:   154
Publication Date:   27 December 2022
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Our Price $237.47 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

The Novels of Zsigmond Móricz in the Context of European Realism: A Thematic Approach


Add your own review!

Overview

The Novels of Zsigmond Móricz in the Context of European Realism is the first English-language monograph on one of Hungary’s—and Central Europe’s—most important modern authors. Using a thematic approach that privileges literary characters as stand-ins for real human beings, Virginia L. Lewis investigates Móricz’s thematization of individual agency in seven realist novels that form the foundation of the author’s reputation as a major twentieth-century novelist. Lewis does an outstanding job of showcasing the research results of the many Hungarian scholars who have studied Móricz’s narrative output over the past century, while also bringing decidedly new perspectives to the table in introducing the author to an English-speaking audience. Utilizing the theoretical impulses of scholars such as Horst and Ingrid Daemmrich, Margaret Archer, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Ibrahim Taha, among others, Lewis forges a new and productive path in Móricz scholarship, while also making his oeuvre accessible to a global audience. Any reader with an interest in Hungarian and Central European narrative will find this study enormously useful for the revelations it brings regarding Móricz’s poignant and brilliant critique of the corrosive influence of commodification and greed on human agency in modern society. ""Informed by theory and grounded in a critical understanding of Hungarian social history in the first half of the twentieth century, Lewis’s engaging study of the realist novels of Zsigmond Móricz compels readers to think in new ways about questions of human agency amongst Hungary’s lower and middle classes as this played out against the backdrop of capitalist transformation and pronounced social conflicts and injustices in the decades leading up to World War II. Skillfully structured around succinct analyses of seven of Móricz’s key texts, Lewis’s book addresses a sizable gap in the English-language scholarship on one of Hungary’s greatest writers, and will be a welcome addition to the libraries of literary scholars and social and intellectual historians alike."" —Steven Jobbitt, Associate Professor of Central and Eastern European History, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada

Full Product Details

Author:   Virginia L. Lewis ,  Hugo G. Walter ,  Virginia L. Lewis
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   140
Weight:   0.317kg
ISBN:  

9781433167683


ISBN 10:   1433167689
Pages:   154
Publication Date:   27 December 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments – Introduction – The Commodification of Sex and the Repression of Agency in Sárarany (Gold in the Mud) – Accommodation and the Destruction of Agency in Az Isten háta mögött (In the Godforsaken Hinterlands) – Greed, Fire, and Agency in A fáklya (The Torch) – Money, Value, and Agency in Légy jó mindhalálig (Be Faithful unto Death) – Nature as Agent in Úri muri (""The Gentlemen’s Spree"") – Corruption and Agency in Interwar Hungary: Rokonok (Relations) – An Orphan’s Might: Commodification and Agency in Árvácska (Orphalina) – Bibliography – Index."

Reviews

"""Informed by theory and grounded in a critical understanding of Hungarian social history in the first half of the twentieth century, Lewis’s engaging study of the realist novels of Zsigmond Móricz compels readers to think in new ways about questions of human agency amongst Hungary’s lower and middle classes as this played out against the backdrop of capitalist transformation and pronounced social conflicts and injustices in the decades leading up to World War II. Skillfully structured around succinct analyses of seven of Móricz’s key texts, Lewis’s book addresses a sizable gap in the English-language scholarship on one of Hungary’s greatest writers, and will be a welcome addition to the libraries of literary scholars and social and intellectual historians alike."" —Steven Jobbitt, Associate Professor of Central and Eastern European History, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada"


Informed by theory and grounded in a critical understanding of Hungarian social history in the first half of the twentieth century, Lewis's engaging study of the realist novels of Zsigmond Moricz compels readers to think in new ways about questions of human agency amongst Hungary's lower and middle classes as this played out against the backdrop of capitalist transformation and pronounced social conflicts and injustices in the decades leading up to World War II. Skillfully structured around succinct analyses of seven of Moricz's key texts, Lewis's book addresses a sizable gap in the English-language scholarship on one of Hungary's greatest writers, and will be a welcome addition to the libraries of literary scholars and social and intellectual historians alike. -Steven Jobbitt, Associate Professor of Central and Eastern European History, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada


Author Information

Virginia L. Lewis, Professor of German at Northern State University, earned her Ph.D. in 1989 at the University of Pennsylvania, having studied under Horst Daemmrich. She has written numerous works on German, Hungarian, and global literature, and translated novels by Zsigmond Móricz into English.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

RGJUNE2025

 

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List