person
Bretizla
also: Bretizla, the imprisoned poet
A fictional imprisoned patriot-poet in Madách's 'The Imprisoned Poet' cycle; his Slavic-inflected name suggests a composite of Central European patriot-martyrs under autocratic rule, probably inspired by Hungarian political prisoners of the 1830s.
Reading notes
- First Attempts (Juvenilia) §97 Bretizla
A fictional captive patriot-poet, probably a composite of Hungarian noble prisoners under Austrian rule; the name is Slavic-inflected, suggesting a broader Central European symbolism of imprisoned national spirit.