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Hungary – Writers in Transition
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Tighe, Carl |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | In the spring of 1989 I applied to the British Council Specialist Tours Department for a research grant to go to Hungary to talk with writers about their work and their relationship to the state. By the time the tour happened in December 1990, communism had collapsed, the map of Europe had changed massively and the theme of the research was irrelevant. Instead of cancelling the visit I used it to talk to writers about the change to democracy and how it affected them. I heard writers debate the urgent need to re-think the Hungarian national identity, saw them abandon writing and leap into the new politics, and witnessed the sudden re-emergence of anti-Semitism and anti-Gypsy feeling as serious political strategies. In this chapter I recount the visit and draw attention to the development of these elements in the growth of the radical nationalist party Jobbik, and events during the 2009 European elections in Hungary. Book Name: Tradition, Literature and Politics in East-Central Europe |
| Related Links | https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2020-0-16219-1&isbn=9781003119289&format=googlePreviewPdf |
| Ending Page | 140 |
| Page Count | 19 |
| Starting Page | 122 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781003119289-5 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2020-12-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Tradition, Literature and Politics in East-central Europe History Europe Politics Hungary Visit Anti Semitism Talk with Writers Tours Department |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
