Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 2000. [Vol. 6.] Eger Journal of American Studies. (Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 26)
Book reviews - László Dányi: The First Hit for "Multicultural Hemingway Hungary ": Lehel Vadon. Ed. Multicultural Challenge in American Culture—Hemingway Centennial
The closing article by Lehel Vadon offers a complete, 128-pagelong Hungarian bibliography of Hemingway's works. It makes the records available for the first time, which may provide a great impetus for those wishing to study Hemingway's works in Hungarian. It includes both primary and secondary sources —selections from novels, short fiction, articles, reports, letters and other works. The bibliography proves the compiler's meticulously accurate work. An additional achievement of the list is quoting the date for the first publication in English and the inclusion of the entries by unknown authors. The periodical and newspaper sources of the research are listed in a book by Vadon entitled Az amerikai irodalom és irodalomtudomány bibliográfiája a magyar időszaki kiadványokban 1990-ig, which is an indispensable and unique database. What comprises the volume in between equals in quality with the two articles of the frame. Tibor Frank's '"Through the looking glass' a century of self-reflecting Hungarian images of the United States (1834-1941)" spans over more than a hundred years of HungarianAmerican relations and describes the changing images and icons of America in the eyes of those Hungarians who encountered and were exposed to American culture. Among the important and influential visitors he refers to Sándor Bölöni Farkas, Ágoston Haraszthy, Lajos Kossuth, Aurél Kecskeméthy, Iván Ottlik, Emil Zerkowitz, Zoltán Bíró, Mrs. Ferenc Völgyesi and Géza Zsoldos. Their experiences and impressions vindicate the constant redefinition of America, and the malleability of American cultural and social icons. The chronological time travel whizzes through images like America —the China of the 19th century, the country of the future, American democracy as a contrast to oppressive régimes in Europe, a world based on selfcontrol, the country of religious freedom and economic vitality, American diligence and wealth as opposed to Hungarian idleness, lack of prejudice, civil equality. All in all, during the period observed America functioned as a model to be followed for the strengthening Hungarian middle class. Enikő Bolobás explores the way liberal pluralistic education can open new vistas in the study of American culture. She starts the essay with a historical outline of canon formation and an analysis of the recuperation of the two ancient Greek patterns for education in recent canon wars. She traces the alterations of timelessness and change, of 205
