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 | | This romance was the one original piece in the flow of the mere entertainment literature characteristic of the 16th century, the principal genre of which was the széphistória ("beautiful story"), adapted from western European originals. |
 | | Set in the 13th century and written in vigorous prose, the play was a masterful combination of national and individual conflicts, and one of its characters, Tiborc, a poor peasant, has remained ever since a symbol of the oppressed. |
 | | During the 19th century, literary life in Hungary became organized to some extent: the Kisfaludy and Petofi societies, founded in 1836 and 1876, respectively, were particularly influential, though the authority of the Hungarian Academy, founded in 1825, remained unchallenged. |
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