Autographs of Mikes in Transylvania. A Letter, a Book of Translations Cover Image

Mikes-autográfiák Erdélyben. Levél, fordításkötet
Autographs of Mikes in Transylvania. A Letter, a Book of Translations

Author(s): Emese Egyed
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: Kelemen Mikes; translation; manuscript; Letters from Turkey; The Royal Route of the Cross; Zágon

Summary/Abstract: Based on written documents from the turn of the 18/19th centuries and new, philological researches, present study inquires the reception and manuscripts discovered in the native land of the Transylvanian-born writer and translator, Kelemen Mikes. Th e paper gives special attention to a translation survived in two versions, A keresztnek király uttya (Th e Royal Route of the Cross) and a letter in manuscript – the first of the literal letters series Törökországi levelek (Letters from Turkey) – found in the Zágon Museum (Romania).

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: II
  • Page Range: 168-180
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Hungarian