{"product_id":"the-novels-of-zsigmond-moricz-in-the-context-of-european-realism-9781433167683","title":"The Novels of Zsigmond Moricz in the Context of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Novels of Zsigmond Móricz in the Context of European Realism\u003c\/em\u003e is the first English-language monograph on one of Hungary'sand Central Europe'smost 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 acc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments – Introduction – The Commodification of Sex and the Repression of Agency in \u003ci\u003eSárarany \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eGold in the Mud\u003c\/i\u003e) – Accommodation and the Destruction of Agency in \u003ci\u003eAz Isten háta mögött \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eIn the Godforsaken Hinterlands\u003c\/i\u003e) – Greed, Fire, and Agency in \u003ci\u003eA fáklya \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Torch\u003c\/i\u003e) – Money, Value, and Agency in \u003ci\u003eLégy jó mindhalálig \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eBe Faithful unto Death\u003c\/i\u003e) – Nature as Agent in \u003ci\u003eÚri muri \u003c\/i\u003e(\"The Gentlemen’s Spree\") – Corruption and Agency in Interwar Hungary: \u003ci\u003eRokonok \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eRelations\u003c\/i\u003e) – An Orphan’s Might: Commodification and Agency in \u003ci\u003eÁrvácska \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eOrphalina\u003c\/i\u003e) – Bibliography – Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039656116567,"sku":"9781433167683","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433167683.jpg?v=1750944388","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-novels-of-zsigmond-moricz-in-the-context-of-european-realism-9781433167683","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}