CHAPTER XIV

Bibliography

For background reading on the decline of the gentry cf. Andrew C. János ‘The Decline of the Oligarchy: Bureaucratic and Mass Politics in the Age of Dualism (1867-1918)’ in A. C. János and W. B. Slottman eds., Revolution in Perspective (U. of California Press, 1971). G. Halász: Magyar századvég (1945, reprinted in his Válogatott írásai, 1959).

On Mikszáth the most recent monograph is by I. Király (1952, 2nd ed. 1960). A Schöpflin’s book (1941) should also be consulted. F. Riedl’s work (1940) concentrates on the early period, with good analyses of St. Peter’s Umbrella and The Siege of Beszterce. In English, S. C. Scheer: Kálmán Mikszáth (Boston, 1977). J. Reményi: ‘K. Mikszáth’ (American Slavic and East European Review, 1949, reprinted in his Hungarian Writers and Literature, Rutgers U. P., 1964). For the Roosevelt episode cf. J. Szebenyei: Reporters, Kings and Other Vagabonds (Caldwell, Id., 1951).

On Tolnai, G. Gergely: Tolnai Lajos pályája (1964), with an extensive bibliography. On Ö. Iványi, I. Rejtő: Iványi Ödön (1955).

On Gozsdu, A. Diószegi: ‘Turgenyev magyar követői’, in G. G. Kemény ed., Tanulmányok a magyar-orosz irodalmi kapcsolatok köréből (1961). It is a substantial study on the influence of the Russian novelists in the works of Tolnai, Iványi, Gozsdu, Justh and others.

On Justh, A. Diószegi ‘Justh Zsigmond’ (Irodalomtörténeti Közlemények, 1960). On Péterfy, I. P. Zimándi: Péterfy Jenő élete és kora (1972), with an exhaustive bibliography. In English, J. Reményi ‘Jenő Péterfy’ (Symposium, 1950).

Texts

Mikszáth’s novels are widely available in various editions. For his collected works cf. Mikszáth Kálmán munkái, 32 vols. (1910), with a supplementary Hátrahagyott iratok, ed. by M. Rubinyi in 19 vols. (1914-17). The critical edition of Mikszáth’ s works was started in 1956, edited by I. Király and Gy. Bisztray; over fifty volumes have been published so far. A number of his works are also available in English. The Good People of Palócz (1893); St. Peter’s Umbrella (1900; revised ed. Bp.,1962; bibliophile ed. 1966); A Strange Marriage (Bp., 1964); The Two Beggar Students [and] The Magic Caftan (Bp. , 1971) ‘The Gentry’ in Hungarian Short Stories, The World’s Classics No. 609 (OUP, 1967). A number of his short stories appeared in collections: ‘The Green Fly’ (Great Short Stories of the World, 1926); ‘The Grass of Lohina’ (Great Short Stories of All Nations, 1927); ‘The King’s Clothes’ (The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, vol. 13, n.d.); also in periodicals: ‘Anna Bede’s Debt’ (Slavonic and East European Review, 1926); ‘The Family Nest’ (Hungarian Quarterly, 1937); ‘The Horses of Farmer János’ (New Hungarian Quarterly, 1963).

There is no collected edition of Tolnai’s works. There are, however, several modern editions including A polgármester úr (1962) and a Válogatott művei ed. by G. Gergely (1958). His Jégkisasszony is said to have been translated into English and published in Dickens’ All the Year Round. (Neither G. Gergely in his monograph, quoted above, seems to have the relevant details, nor was I able to locate this translation. ) Ö. Iványi: A püspök atyafisága (1952) with an introduction by J. Czibor.

E. Gozsdu: Köd (1969), and Nemes rozsda (1955), selected short stories with an introduction by S. Lukácsy.

I. Bársony: Erdőn, mezőn (1962). A selection with a good introduction by K. Véber. In English, ‘The Dancing Bear’ in M. Lieber and B. C. Williams eds. Great Stories of all Nations (1927). Zs. Justh: Fuimus (1957); also his interesting Naplója és levelei not discussed in the text, ed. by S. Kozocsa (1977). In English, ‘Taedium Vitae’ (Entertainment Gazette, 1887).

The best edition of Péterfy: P. J. Összegyűjtött munkái, 3 vols. (1901-3) ed. by D. Angyal with an extensive biographical essay. A modern selection: P. J. Válogatott művei (1962), with an excellent study by G. B. Németh.

F. Riedl’s History of Hungarian Literature (1906, also N.Y., 1906, reprint: Detroit, 1968).