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Miklos Zrinyi The Siege of Sziget (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- Siege of Sziget
- Publication Name
- The Siege of Sziget
- Title
- The Siege of Sziget
- Translator
- Laszlo Korossy
- Contributor
- Laszlo Korossy (Translated by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9780813218618
- ISBN
- 9780813218618
- Publisher
- Catholic University of America Press
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Poetry
- Release Year
- 2011
- Release Date
- 30/08/2011
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Weight
- 13.6 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Topic
- European / General
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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In 1566, Croatian Count Mikl s Zr nyi defended the Fortress of Szigetv r against an overwhelming Ottoman siege for 33 days. In the end, with troops and supplies exhausted, he led the remainder of his men in a last charge into the enemy lines, killing thousands before being killed themselves. Almost a hundred years later in 1651, Zr nyi's great-grandson, also Mikl s Zr nyi and himself a famed general, composed an epic poem of some 1,500 stanzas recalling in vivid and often fantastic detail the events of the siege, the heroes on both sides, and the climactic final sortie that led to defeat for the Hungarians and painfully empty victory for the Turks. The epic, written in the fashion of Homer and Tasso, does not content itself with just a historical retelling, however. Written when the Ottoman threat was again looming large over all of Europe, the poet sought to marshal his countrymen, and indeed all Christians, against the cause of the overwhelming forces from the East. He framed his story, therefore, in the larger context of God's burning anger against the apostasy of his followers, which he uses the Turkish invasion to punish. It is only with a return to piety that the Christians can restore God's favor, but if they do -- woe to their invaders The hero, Zr nyi, is one such believer, who is as likely to give a moving speech on the righteousness and supremacy of God's will as he is to massacre those who would assault his home. God rewards him with a martyr's death, but not before giving him the glory of finishing off Sultan Suleiman himself, as the demons summoned by the Sultan's wizard battle the angels who have come to claim the defenders' souls. Part chronicle of war, part theological treatise, the poem also has episodes of romance and adventure, as each side is at once humanized and made larger than life. The work is today considered to be one of the cornerstones of Hungarian literature, and one of most important works of the seventeenth century of any language, but has been virtually unknown and entirely inaccessible outside of Hungary -- until now. ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR: Laszlo Korossy completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the Catholic University of America and is pursuing a Ph.D. in public policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. PRAISE FOR THE BOOK: " The Siege of Sziget is a timeless testimony to the Hungarian-Turkish wars and the 150 years of Turkish occupation of Hungary. It is an authentic description of sixteenth-century warfare, military operations, and the soldier's way of life, which in itself is of value apart from the merit of the work as poetry. The combination of the two--its intrinsic value as poetry and as history--makes it one the finest of European epics. L szl Kor ssy's remarkable translation opens the treasures of one of the cornerstones of Hungarian classic literature."--B la Gedeon, Cultural Attach , Embassy of Hungary "Count Mikl s Zr nyi was a brilliant soldier and statesman renowned throughout seventeenth-century Europe, though in Hungary he is revered above all as the author of the last great European epic. Kor ssy is to be congratulated for making this remarkable work available in fluent yet nuanced modern English, thus revealing a Hungarian classic as not only a gem in the crown of the European Baroque but a vital and profoundly human document of the continent's engagement in the contest between Christendom and Islam."--Peter Sherwood, L szl Birinyi, Sr., Distinguished Professor of Hungarian Language and Culture, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "A delightfully readable English version of the Hungarian epic on the Turkish wars. Kor ssy's rendering captures the cadences of the original. An excellent introduction by George G m ri places the poem both within the historical context of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Hungary and the poetic t
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Publisher
Catholic University of America Press
ISBN-10
0813218616
ISBN-13
9780813218618
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99623952
Product Key Features
Book Title
Siege of Sziget
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
European / General
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Literary Criticism, Poetry
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
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Ph3194.Z8s9 2011
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A delightfully readable English version of the Hungarian epic on the Turkish wars. Korössy's rendering captures the cadences of the original. An excellent introduction by George Gömöri places the poem both within the historical context of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Hungary and the poetic tradition within which Zrínyi worked.--Eniko M. Basa, Executive Director, American Hungarian Educators Association, A delightfully readable English version of the Hungarian epic on the Turkish wars. Korssy's rendering captures the cadences of the original. An excellent introduction by George Gmri places the poem both within the historical context of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Hungary and the poetic tradition within which Zrnyi worked.--Eniko M. Basa, Executive Director, American Hungarian Educators Association
Copyright Date
2011
Lccn
2011-000129
Dewey Decimal
894/.51111
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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