person
Mihály Tompa
Tompa
also: Tompa Mihály
Mihály Tompa (1817–1868), Hungarian lyric poet and Calvinist pastor, celebrated for his patriotic allegorical poems written during the Bach era of Habsburg repression; with Arany and Petőfi he formed the celebrated 'triad' of mid-19th-century Hungarian poetry.
Reading notes
- Emperor Joseph (Apocryphal) §1 Tompa
The motto is drawn from Mihály Tompa (1817–1868), the Hungarian Calvinist poet known for his allegorical lyrics and laments for the nation after 1848; his work was well known to Madách's circle.
- Correspondence §6 Mihály Tompa
Mihály Tompa (1817–1868), Hungarian lyric poet, a Calvinist pastor; with Arany and Petőfi he formed the celebrated 'triad' of mid-19th-century Hungarian poetry; Madách sought Arany's company on a visit to Tompa.