Új Látóhatár, 1978 (29. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)

1978 / 1-2. szám

ÚJ LÁTÓHATÁR Literary and Political Review Editors: Gyula Borbándi, Josef Molnár SUMMARY This double issue of Üj Látóhatár opens with an essay entitled „The Crown and the Republic" by Gyula Borbándi. The author analyzes the debate which flared up over the return of the Hungarian crown. He presents the background of the US-Hungarian agreement and discusses the role which could be played by the crown in today's Hungary. He also touches upon the constitutional problems which could possibly be raised in connection with the return of the Hungarian relics. Iván Sanders (Stony Brook, N. Y.) analyzes the significance of the life work of poet and writer István Vas. Endre Zsindely drawing upon Swiss sources, deals with the liberation of Hungarian Protestant galley­­slaves, their stay in Zurich and Western Europe in 1676—1677. Csaba Mánfai (Bensberg) examines the symptoms of illiteracy on the basis of his own sociological research in Hungary. He presents original interviews on the subject. Tibor Hanák (Vienna) sketches the profiles of three Hun­garian philosophers. The literary section includes new poems by Elemér Horváth (New York), Lajos Mafor-Zala (Fribourg) Tamás Tűz (Toronto), András Hautzinger (Aurora, 111.), Ágnes Mirtse (Zurich), and Ferenc Tolvaly (Cologne), as well as a short story by Dezső Monoszlóy (Vienna). Last year Üj Látóhatár published a study by István Borsody in which the author tried to draw up a balance sheet of the role and activities of Hungarian democratic emigres. The editors of Üj Látóhatár received a number of reflections on the study. In this issue we publish the comments of Antal Garamvölgyi (Aregno, Switzerland), Zoltán Benkő (Munich), Péter Kende (Paris), Kristóf Ervin Kállay (Rio de Janeiro), and József Varga (Vienna). The "Document" column contains letters written by Dezső Kosztolányi and Aron Tamási addressed to József Reményi in Cleveland. The letters are introduced by the notes of Endre Szirmai (Stuttgart). Andor Sziklay (Klay) (Washington) outlines the genesis of the so-called Sonnenfeldt­­doctrine including Sonnenfeldt’s own explanations of his views on Eastern Europe. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Imre Nagy's execution, Vilmos Vass (Munich) reviews the new book of Tibor Méray on the life and the death of Imre Nagy. In connection with a recent publication in Hungary Imre Szente (Jyväskylä, Finland) puts forward interesting ideas about the Finno-Ugrian element in Hungarian folk music. István J. Román (Vienna) examines the treatment of the personality and the life work of Mihály Babits in today's Hungary. Tibor Hanák reviews two recently published volumes of poetry by Lajos Major-Zala. Győző Határ (London) and György Ferdinandy (Dracy-les-Couches, France) discuss some recent books.

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