Description: A comprehensive study of the classical influence on Hungarian culture in the 19th and 20th century, exploring issues from i.e. scholarship, education, translation, literature, socialism, and the political aspects of nation-building.
Brief description: Péter Hajdu is Professor of Literary Studies at Shenzhen University, China.
Review Quotes: This, the first book of its kind in any language, is a superb and exciting study of the place of the Greek and Latin classics in Hungarian culture.