.png){kind=logo}
37%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Chicago of the Balkans: Budapest in Hungarian Literature 1900-1939 (Legenda)
Gwen Jones
€ 88.81
€ 56.31
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Chicago of the Balkans: Budapest in Hungarian Literature 1900-1939 (Legenda)
Hardcover. .
At the point of its creation in 1873, Budapest was intended to be a pleasant rallying point of orderliness, high culture and elevated social principles: the jewel in the national crown. From the turn of the century to World War II, however, the Hungarian capital was described, variously, as: Judapest, the sinful city, not in Hungary, and the Chicago of the Balkans. This is the first English-language study of competing metropolitan narratives in Hungarian literature that spans both the liberal late Habsburg and post-liberal, 'Christian-national' eras, at the same time as the 'Jewish Question' became increasingly inseparable from representations of ... Read more
At the point of its creation in 1873, Budapest was intended to be a pleasant rallying point of orderliness, high culture and elevated social principles: the jewel in the national crown. From the turn of the century to World War II, however, the Hungarian capital was described, variously, as: Judapest, the sinful city, not in Hungary, and the Chicago of the Balkans. This is the first English-language study of competing metropolitan narratives in Hungarian literature that spans both the liberal late Habsburg and post-liberal, 'Christian-national' eras, at the same time as the 'Jewish Question' became increasingly inseparable from representations of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Routledge
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
612g
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Leeds, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781907975578
SKU
V9781907975578
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
Reviews for Chicago of the Balkans: Budapest in Hungarian Literature 1900-1939 (Legenda)