Gyula Farkas (linguistic scientist)

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Farkas Gyula, or Julius von Farkas (September 27, 1894, Kismarton/Eisenstadt, Sopron megye - July 12, 1958, Göttingen) was a Hungarian literary historian and Finno-Ugric linguist. He wrote over 19 books dealing with various aspects of Hungarian literature and language, including titles published in German and Hungarian.[1]

[edit] Literary works

  • Die Entwicklung der ungarischen Literatur, 1934
  • Der ungarische Vormärz Petöfis Zeitalter. 1943 (held in 13 US libraries)
  • Geschichte der ungarischen Literaturwissenschaft, 1944

[edit] References

  • "The Sign of a Story" review of Petra Török's (ed) 'A határ és a határolt. A magyar irodalom létformáiról [The Boundary and the Bounded Off: Meditations on the Miodes of Being of Hungarian Literature]". Budapest Review of Books, Feb. 3, 1999. [1] ("a very thorough account of the relations between Gyula Farkas...")

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