“KOSSUTH: THE HERMIT AND THE CROWD”
“KOSSUTH: THE HERMIT AND THE CROWD”
Author(s): Alice FreifeldSubject(s): Military history, Political history, Social history, Nationalism Studies, 19th Century
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Nationalism; martyrology; demonology; nationalistic rhetoric; national identity;
Summary/Abstract: Kossuth, the crowd hero, was the pioneer of an exciting new political discourse that used the Magyar vernacular. In exile, Kossuth presented himself as “the wandering son of a bleeding nation.” Eventually, he retreated into the role of the hermit of Turin. His funeral attracted a crowd of over a million people in 1894.
- Issue Year: 16/2002
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 205-214
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
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