place
Dead-Tisza
also: Holt-Tisza, Holt Tisza
An oxbow lake formed when the Tisza river was straightened during 19th-century drainage works; the 'marshy bank of the Dead-Tisza' establishes the Gothic, decaying atmosphere of 'The Kolozsis' — a landscape that mirrors the decay of the Kolozsi manor-house.
Reading notes
- Tales (Five Stories) §10 Dead-Tisza
A 'Dead-Tisza' (Holt-Tisza) is an oxbow lake formed when the Tisza river was straightened during 19th-century drainage works; the term 'dead' (holt) refers to the stagnant, cut-off section of the former riverbed, reinforcing the tale's atmosphere of decay.