Novels of Zsigmond Móricz in the Context of European Realism : Peter Lang Publishing Inc : 9781433167683 : 27 Dec 2022 : "The Novels of Zsigmond Mâoricz is the first English-language monograph on one of Hungary's-and Central Europe's-most important modern authors. Using a thematic approach that privileges literary characters as stand-ins for real human beings, Lewis investigates Mâoricz's thematization of individual agency in seven realist novels that form the foundation of the author's reputation as a major twentieth-century novelist. Lewis does an outstanding job of showcasing the research results of the many Hungarian scholars who have studied Mâoricz's narrative output over the past century, while also bringing decidedly new perspectives to the table in introducing the author to an English-speaking audience. Utilizing the theoretical impulses of scholars such as Horst and Ingrid Daemmrich, Margaret Archer, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Ibrahim Taha, among others, Lewis forges a new and pro