For past centuries, the study of translating poetry and the translatability of poetry have produced so many academic volumes that could fill a library, and also many...
Reflections on Alan Turnbull’s exhibition, The Translated Image: Modern Poetry in Visual Language
2013-04-08 21:49
Historical Names in John Webster’s The White Devil*
2012-06-03 21:56
The White Devil, John Webster’s first revenge tragedy, was published in 1612 and based on a true story which took place in Padua at the end of the 16th century....
That we had to fly from Budapest to Kraków via Vienna, is symbolic. Apparently, the Dual Monarchy still connects us. But what really connects us, is the love of freedom, and our hated-...
Review on Márta Pellérdi’s book: Nabokov’s Palace: The American Novels
2011-12-07 11:35
Beholding the cover of this not too bulky, yet very well-structured volume the future reader may marvel at the peculiar pink-white mist which deepens into a noble dark purple...
Meister Eckhart: "The Light of Reason"
2011-09-12 19:12
You need to read much to see how little you know.
- Lia Chin
As the book's preface states, Meister Eckhart is known in a lot of...
Robert A. Markus: The End of Ancient Christianity
2011-07-26 10:21
In this world, you can't really talk about the centuries following Jesus Christ without mentioning Saint Augustine. Whatever questions you may ask about the second part of...
It wasn't easy to find tickets for "The Tragedy of Man" at the end of the theatre season. The restaging of Imre Madách's work after its debut at the...
April 22 marked a new station of the series of events titled "Liszt! In Every Respect", taking place in the Festival Theatre of Palace of Arts in Budapest. The last...
About Béla Tarr's movie
2011-06-24 00:42
Why is it worth watching "The Turin Horse" instead of "Terminator 27"? You will have free seats, the 3D goggles won't hurt your ears, you won't miss any twists in the...
John Paul II: "The Theology of the Body"
2011-06-17 07:36
John Paul II., beatified a couple weeks ago, intoduced new themes in his traditional two-hour-long Wednesday catechisms, not long after his election in 1979. Many were...
