{"product_id":"csongor-es-tunde-csongor-and-mihaly-vorosmarty-9781976449505","title":"Csongor es Tunde (Csongor and Tunde): The quest: a fairytale play in verse (black \u0026 white interior version)","description":"Original Hungarian side-by-side the English translation by Peter Zollman. \u003cp\u003eForemost 19th century Hungarian drama, by Mih ly V r smarty. Long out of print, now made available again by Sarkett \u0026amp; Associates, Inc. Includes black-and-white illustrations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCsongor  s T nde is considered by critics the foremost 19th century Hungarian drama but is virtually unknown in the West. Likened to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, its theme is universal: man's quest for happiness and fulfillment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany consider this symbolist drama to be remarkably ahead of its time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cultural treasure to Hungarians, V r smarty's tale has inspired others. Noted composer Leo Weiner (1885-1960) wrote ballet music for Csongor  s T nde, considered by some his magnum opus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcerpt on this work from the Oxford History of Hungarian Literature, Lorant Czigany: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the second period of V r smarty's creative career, the place of the epic was taken over by the drama. He had experimented with plays ever since 1820 when he first became acquainted with Shakespeare, but his youthful efforts show only the author's lack of experience. In 1831, however, he succeeded in creating a masterpiece, Csongor  s T nde (Csongor and Tunde), which surpasses all the dramas that he wrote before or after it. In fact, his reputation as a playwright rests solely on this light-hearted piece. Csongor and T nde is regarded by many of his critics as the climax of his poetic achievement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Basing his plot on a sixteenth-century sz phist ria, the  rgirus romance, and probably influenced in his treatment of the subject by Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, V r smarty sets out to explore the possible answers to the questions: Are human beings capable of achieving happiness? Is there a kind of happiness that completely satisfies man? The answer V r smarty gives to the ageless question wrapped in the glittering fairy-tale is straightforward: the sole source of human happiness can only be reciprocated love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As a philosophy about the meaning of life, V r smarty's answer is sincere and devoid of pretensions and, even more remarkable, it ignores the Christian tradition of 'higher' aims or of spiritual compensation in the other world; thus it is a worldly and pagan, if not hedonistic, philosophy.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarly readers say: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A great service for Hungarian literature to make this seminal work available to the English reading public.\" \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wonderful ... V r smarty's language is so rich, so beautiful, perhaps the most ornamental among all Hungarian poets. I love him deeply.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee sarkett.com\/csongor for an exhautive and fascinating explication of the work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents of Hungarian history and culture will likely also be interested in our other classic republication: \u003cb\u003eStephen Sz chenyi and the Awakening of Hungarian Nationalism, 1791-1841\u003c\/b\u003e by Dr. George Barany, published by Sarkett \u0026amp; Associates, Inc. (2011), also on Amazon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mihaly Vorosmarty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1976449502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781976449505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.17d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mihaly Vorosmarty","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125768351999,"sku":"9781976449505","price":16.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e8ea45a-fa0e-4bb8-abd8-ce871431216a.jpg?v=1687444579","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/csongor-es-tunde-csongor-and-mihaly-vorosmarty-9781976449505","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}