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Author Péti, Miklós, author.

Title Paradise from behind the Iron curtain [electronic resource] : reading, translating and staging Milton in Communist Hungary / Miklós Péti.

Publication Info. London : UCL Press, 2022.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Literature and translation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- A note on texts -- Introduction -- 1 Forms of attention and neglect: Milton's epics in print and on stage -- and in oblivion 2 Samson: An unlikely hero of socialism 3 A tale of two scholars: Milton's prose in communist Hungary 4 'I rebel quietly': Revolution and gender in Hungarian translations of Milton's shorter poems -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Paradise from behind the Iron Curtain provides a detailed survey of the key responses to Milton's work in Hungarian state socialism. The four decades between 1948 and 1989 saw a radical revision of previous critical and artistic positions and resulted in the emergence of some characteristically Eastern European responses to Milton's works. Critical and artistic appraisals of Milton's works in the communist era proved more controversial than receptions of other major Western authors: on the one hand, Milton's participation in the Civil War earned him the title of a 'revolutionary hero,' on the other hand, religious aspects of his works were often disregarded and sometimes proactively suppressed. Ranging through all the genres of Milton's oeuvre as well as the critical tradition, the book highlights these diverging responses and places them in the wider context of socialist cultural policy. In addition, the author presents the full Hungarian script of the 1970 theatrical performance of Milton's Paradise Lost, the first of its kind since the work's publication, including a parallel English translation, which enables a deeper reflection on Milton's original theodicy and its possible interpretations in communist Hungary.
Subject Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Appreciation -- Hungary.
Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Translations into Hungarian -- History and criticism.
Milton, John, 1608-1674 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfCxg7wC9qpDcMrCdtFrq
Translation & interpretation.
20th century history - c 1900 to c 2000.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting.
Art appreciation
Hungary https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqBtb4QKCYGrVyyWtMQMP
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: 9781787358553 1787358550 9781787358546 1787358542 (OCoLC)1328030360
ISBN 9781787358539 (electronic bk.)
1787358534 (electronic bk.)
9781787358553
1787358550
9781787358546
1787358542
9781787358560 (ePub ebook)
1787358569
9781787358577 (Kindle ebook)
1787358577
Standard No. AU@ 000072375027
UKMGB 020661592
AU@ 000073920491
AU@ 000074079417
AU@ 000072342494

 
    
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