MIHALY See also:

• MIHALY VOROSMARTY (1800-1855)

VOROSMARTY (1800-1855)  , Hungarian poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Puszta-Nyek on the 1st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 'Soo, of a See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• FAMILY

family . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a steward of the Nadasdys . Mihaly was educated at Szekesfejervar by the See also:

• CISTERCIANS

Cistercians and at Pest by the See also:

• PIARISTS

Piarists . The See also:

• DEATH

death of the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• VOROSMARTY, MIHALY (1800-1855)

Vorosmarty in 1811 See also:

• LEFT

left his widow and numerous family extremely poor . As See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor to the Perczel family, however, Vorosmarty contrived to pay his own way and go through his academical course at Pest . The doings of the See also:

• DIET

diet of 1825 first enkindled his patriotism and gave a new direction to his poetical See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius (he had already begun a See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama entitled Salamon), and he flung himself the more recklessly into public See also:

• LIFE

life as he was consumed by a hopeless See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion for Etelka Perczel, who socially was far above him . To his unrequited love we owe a wholehost of exquisite lyrics, while his patriotism found expression in the heroic epos Zaldn futdsa (1824), gorgeous in colouring, exquisite in See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, one of the gems of Magyar literature . This new epic marked a transition from the classical to the romantic school . Henceforth Vorosmarty was hailed by See also:

• KISFALUDY, KAROLY

Kisfaludy and the Hungarian romanticists as one of themselves . All this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he was living from See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand to mouth . He had forsaken the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law for literature, but his contributions to See also:

• NEWSPAPERS

newspapers and reviews were miserably paid . Between 1823 and 1831 he composed four dramas and eight smaller epics, partly See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical, partly fanciful .

Of these epics he always regarded Cserhalom (1825) as the best, but See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism has given the preference to Ka szomsed vdr (1831), a terrible See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of hatred and revenge . When the Hungarian See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy was finally established (See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 17, 1830) he was elected a member of the philological See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section, and ultimately succeeded Kar61y Kisfaludy as director with an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of 500 florins . He was one of the founders of the Kisfaludy Society, and in 1837 started the See also:

• ATHENAEUM

Athenaeum and the Figyelmezo, the first the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief bellettristic, the second the best See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical periodical of See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary . From 183o to 1843 he devoted himself mainly to the drama, the best of his plays, perhaps, being Verndsz (1833), which won the Academy's too-gulden See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize . He also published several volumes of See also:

• POETRY

poetry, containing some of his best See also:

• WORK

work . Szozat (1836), which became a See also:

• NATIONAL

national hymn, Az elhagyott anya (1837) and Az See also:

• URI

uri holgyhoz (1841) are all inspired by a burning patriotism . His See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage in 1843 to Laura Csajaghy inspired him to compose a new See also:

• CYCLE
• CYCLE (Gr. KUK)^os, a circle)

cycle of erotics . In 1848, in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with See also:

• ARANY, JANOS (1817-1882)

Arany and See also:

• PETOFI, ALEXANDER (1823—1849)

Petofi, he set on See also:

• FOOT

foot an excellent See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's See also:

• WORKS

works . He himself was responsible for See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar and See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• LEAR, EDWARD (1812-1888)

Lear . He represented Jankovics at the diet of 1848, and in 1849 was made one of the See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges of the high See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court .. The national See also:

• CATASTROPHE (Gr. Karaurpoch, from KaraQrp4ecv, to over-turn)

catastrophe profoundly affected him . For a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short time he was an See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile, and when he returned to Hungary in 185o he was already an old See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man .

A profound See also:

• MELANCHOLY (Gr. µe)tayXotia, from µEtas, black, and Xotii, bile)

melancholy crippled him for the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his life . In 18J4 he wrote his last See also:

• GREAT

great poem, the touching A via eighty . He died at Pest in 1855 in the same See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house where Kar6ly Kisfaludy had died twenty-five years before . His funeral, on the 21st of November, was a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day of national See also:

• MOURNING (from the verb " to mourn," to be sorrowful, 0. Eng. murnan; cf. O.H.G. mornen, Goth. maurnan, to be anxious, O.N. morna, to pine away; by some referred to root seen in Gr. jdptpva, sorrow, by others to root mer-, to die)

mourning . His penniless See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children were provided for by a national subscription collected by Ferencz See also:

• DEAL

Deal, who acted as their See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian . The best edition of Vorosmarty's collected works is by See also:

• PAL, KRISTO DAS (1839–1884)

Pal Gyulai (See also:

• BUDAPEST

Budapest, 1884) . Some of them have been translated into See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German, e.g . Gedichte (Pest, 1857) ; See also:

• BAN

Ban See also:

• MAROT
• MAROT, DANIEL (seventeenth century)

Marot, by Mihaly See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

Ring (Pest, 1879) ; Ausgewahlte Dichte, by See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul See also:

• HOFFMANN, AUGUST HEINRICH (1798–1874)
• HOFFMANN, ERNST THEODOR WILHELM (1776-1822)
• HOFFMANN, JOHANN JOSEPH (1805-1878)

Hoffmann (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1895) . See Pal Gyulai, The Life of Vorosmarty (Hung.) (3rd ed., Budapest, 189o), one of the noblest See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies in the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language; Brajjer, Vorosmarty, sein Leben and See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

seine Werke (Nagy-Becskerek, 1882) . (R . N .