Tariménes utazása

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Tariménes utazása

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Hungarian literature
The period of the Enlightenment
His best work, Tariménes utazása (1802–04; “Tarimenes’ Journey”), the first real novel in Hungarian, was a bitter attack on everything that was opposed to the Enlightenment. With destructive irony, Bessenyei, an officer of the Hungarian Guards, examined the shortcomings of contemporary society. His personal influence induced several of…
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His best work, Tariménes utazása (1802–04; “Tarimenes’ Journey”), the first real novel in Hungarian, was a bitter attack on everything that was opposed to the Enlightenment. With destructive irony, Bessenyei, an officer of the Hungarian Guards, examined the shortcomings of contemporary society. His personal influence induced several of…
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