ELECTIVE AFFINITIES: FERENC BÉKÁSSY, JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES, AND VIRGINIA WOOLF
ELECTIVE AFFINITIES: FERENC BÉKÁSSY, JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES, AND VIRGINIA WOOLF

Summary/Abstract: The extremely successful Cambridge Apostle Ferenc Békássy stunned his British friends and colleagues when he returned to Hungary at the beginning of World War I to fight on the side of the Central Powers. This article is an attempt to reconsider Békássy’s reasons in light of historical and political events as well as in light of his poetic works. In particular, his long, dramatic poem “Adriatica”, which is also the title of a volume published in 1925 by Hogarth Press, reveals the importance Békássy placed upon the Adriatic region not simply for its geographic beauty but, more importantly, for its cultural and historical significance as a bridge between modernity and classical times, between East and West, North and South.

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