Reviczky Gyula és a 19. századi vallásos költészet = Reviczky Gyula and 19th-century religious poetry

Ajkay, Alinka (2026) Reviczky Gyula és a 19. századi vallásos költészet = Reviczky Gyula and 19th-century religious poetry. IRODALOMTÖRTÉNETI KÖZLEMÉNYEK, 130 (2). pp. 194-217. ISSN 0021-1486

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Abstract

In 19th-century Hungarian poetry, religious themes became far less prominent than in earlier periods. The major poets of previous centuries regularly composed poems and prayers addressed to God, but with the advent of the Enlightenment and the subsequent Romantic era, this tradition declined. Poetic attention shifted toward the fate of the homeland and the expression of individual emotions. As a result, surprisingly few religious poems were written in the first half of the 19th century. Against this background, Reviczky Gyula – arguably the most gifted poet of the generation born after the War of Independence – stands out for his unexpectedly large body of religious verse. His poetry is closely connected both to his 19th-century predecessors and to modernity, with its new thematic concerns. The revival and reinterpretation of religious poetry, as well as the renewed dialogue with God, appear in his work as distinctly modern elements. These features link Reviczky not only to earlier devotional traditions but also to contemporary European philosophical thought (e.g., Schopenhauer, Renan). In this way, Reviczky’s religious poetry positions him as a transitional figure between tradition and modern literature.

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