{"product_id":"in-the-footsteps-of-orpheus-the-life-and-times-of-mikl-s-radn-ti-9780253338013","title":"In the Footsteps of Orpheus: The Life and Times of Miklós Radnóti","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the Footsteps of Orpheus\u003cbr\u003eThe Life and Times of Miklós Radnóti\u003cbr\u003eZsuzsanna Ozsváth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful account of the life, art, and tragic death of a 20th-century Hungarian Jewish poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZsuzsanna Ozsváth bring[s] forth Radnóti's life, his thought, and his passion with a depth of insight that is rare in a scholar. Brilliant, penetrating, and passionate, Ozsváth's book sets a new standard of excellence in Holocaust studies. It is a must for anyone who would approach the dark flame that burns at the core of the Event. --David Patterson, University of Memphis\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMiklós Radnóti, a young Hungarian Jewish poet, was shot by Hungarian soldiers guarding him while on a forced march from Yugoslavia back to Hungary during the final days of World War II. When his body was discovered and exhumed nearly two years later, a small book of poems was found in his coat pocket. These poems, together with the rest of Radnóti's work, solidified his reputation as one of Hungary's greatest poets. Radnóti shared the experience of many Jewish artists and intellectuals in Central Europe during the early part of the 20th century, but his poetry brings out a particular and personal view of the Holocaust in Hungary. His work plays a unique role in the history of Central European culture as some of the most beautiful poems ever written in Hungarian, as a voice against the rise of totalitarianism, and as testimony to the destruction of Europe's Jews. Zsuzsanna Ozsváth places Radnóti within the context of the political and intellectual history of interwar Hungary, situating him as an artist who is both a Jew and a Hungarian patriot. Her sensitive translations from the Hungarian lend poignancy to this tragic and forcefully told story. This account of Radnóti's life and work explores the sources of the poet's inspiration and imagery and restores it to its extreme times and places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZsuzsanna Ozsváth is Professor of Literature and the History of Ideas at the University of Texas at Dallas, where she is also Director of the Holocaust Studies Program. She is coeditor and cotranslator (with Frederick Turner) of Foamy Sky: The Major Poems of Miklós Radnóti and Attila Jozsef's The Iron-Blue Vault: Selected Poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJewish Literature and Culture--Alvin H. Rosenfeld, editor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eMyth and Consciousness\u003cbr\u003ePoetic Images: Socialist Art and Political Commitment\u003cbr\u003eThe Pull of Contraries: Making of the Past\u003cbr\u003eVisions of Destruction, Lyrics of Resistance\u003cbr\u003eIn Extremis: 1944\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zsuzsanna Ozsváth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253338013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/20\/2000 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2001 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2001 pg. 1801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZsuzsanna Ozsváth is Professor of Literature and the History of Ideas at the University of Texas at Dallas where she is also Director of the Holocaust Studies Program. She is co-editor and co-translator (with Frederick Turner) of Foamy Sky: The Major Poems of Miklós Radnóti and Attila Jozsef's, The Iron-Blue Vault: Selected Poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39946319265907,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":39.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d785ace0-06f6-4062-b361-5de36182e989.jpg?v=1648313994","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/in-the-footsteps-of-orpheus-the-life-and-times-of-mikl-s-radn-ti-9780253338013","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}