The Siege of Sziget
The Siege of Sziget
Miklós Zrínyi
Translated by László Kőrössy
With an introduction by George Gömöri
Copyright Date: 2011
Published by: Catholic University of America Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt2850vs
Pages: 296
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2850vs
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The Siege of Sziget
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The work is today considered to be one of the cornerstones of Hungarian literature, and one of most important works of the seventeenth century of any language, but has been virtually unknown and entirely inaccessible outside of Hungary -- until now.

eISBN: 978-0-8132-1908-0
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-vi)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt2850vs.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. vii-viii)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt2850vs.2
  3. TRANSLATOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    TRANSLATOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pp. ix-ix)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt2850vs.3
  4. [Map]
    [Map] (pp. x-x)
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  5. INTRODUCTION
    INTRODUCTION (pp. xi-xxiv)
    George Gömöri
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    Count Nicholas Zríni (in modern Hungarian Miklós Zrínyi), author of The Siege of Sziget, was deliberately given the same Christian name as his distinguished sixteenth-century great-grandfather, known to Hungarian historians as Miklós Zrínyi of Szigetvár or Zríni, bán of Croatia. This great-grandfather, who is the central figure of the epic poem, was the heroic defender of the castle of Szigetvár in 1566, eighty years prior to the work. To avoid confusion I shall refer to the author of The Siege of Sziget as Count Miklós Zrínyi and to his great-grandfather as Bán Miklós Zríni. To understand the importance of the...

  6. NOTE ON TRANSLATION
    NOTE ON TRANSLATION (pp. xxv-xxvi)
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  7. The Siege of Sziget
    • PREFACE
      PREFACE (pp. 3-6)
      Count Zrínyi Miklós
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    • PART ONE
      PART ONE (pp. 7-23)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt2850vs.8
    • PART TWO
      PART TWO (pp. 24-37)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt2850vs.9
    • PART THREE
      PART THREE (pp. 38-55)
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    • PART FOUR
      PART FOUR (pp. 56-71)
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    • PART FIVE
      PART FIVE (pp. 72-86)
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    • PART SIX
      PART SIX (pp. 87-104)
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    • PART SEVEN
      PART SEVEN (pp. 105-121)
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    • PART EIGHT
      PART EIGHT (pp. 122-136)
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    • PART NINE
      PART NINE (pp. 137-152)
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    • PART TEN
      PART TEN (pp. 153-169)
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    • PART ELEVEN
      PART ELEVEN (pp. 170-184)
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    • PART TWELVE
      PART TWELVE (pp. 185-201)
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    • PART THIRTEEN
      PART THIRTEEN (pp. 202-216)
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    • PART FOURTEEN
      PART FOURTEEN (pp. 217-235)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt2850vs.21
    • PART FIFTEEN
      PART FIFTEEN (pp. 236-252)
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    • POSTSCRIPT
      POSTSCRIPT (pp. 253-254)
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  8. EPIGRAMS
    EPIGRAMS (pp. 255-256)
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  9. GLOSSARY OF TURKISH, CROATIAN, AND HUNGARIAN WORDS
    GLOSSARY OF TURKISH, CROATIAN, AND HUNGARIAN WORDS (pp. 257-258)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt2850vs.25
  10. LIST OF CHARACTERS
    LIST OF CHARACTERS (pp. 259-262)
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  11. BIBLIOGRAPHY
    BIBLIOGRAPHY (pp. 263-268)
    Steven Béla Várdy
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  12. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 269-269)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt2850vs.28
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