- PII
- S0869-544X0000339-5-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/SX0000339-5-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue 2
- Pages
- 83-93
- Abstract
- Kelemen Mikes, a companion of Prince Ferenc Rákóczi, spent in exile, in Turkey, about 45 years. During this time, he wrote 207 bogus letters that are a mixture of diaries, travel writing and essays; these «letters» is the first prose work of Hungarian literature. Mikes gives description of the habits and customs, expressive images of the Turks and local inhabitants; as a whole, it is a great literary essay of the life of the Ottoman Empire of the XVIII century, on the background of European history.
- Keywords
- Hungarians, emigration, the Ottoman Empire, Rakoczi Ferenc, Mikes Kelemen
- Date of publication
- 07.03.2018
- Year of publication
- 2018
- Number of purchasers
- 8
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- 579