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

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

Lewis, Virginia L.
Lewis, Virginia L.
Walter, Hugo G.

Hardcover

Series: Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature, Book 140

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 1433167689
ISBN13: 9781433167683
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Published: Dec 27 2022
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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.

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