Open AccessA Somogyvármegyei Berzsenyi Irodalmi Társaság története 1904–1909
Author(s) -
Ferenc Gáspár
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
a kaposvári rippl-rónai múzeum közleményei
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2631-0376
pISSN - 2064-1966
DOI - 10.26080/krrmkozl.2020.7.233
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , foundation (evidence) , history of literature , history , sociology , classics , law , literature , political science , art , medicine , radiology
The Berzsenyi Literary society (as it is called to-day: Dániel Berzsenyi society of Literature and Art) was re-established three times (in 1925, 1946 and 1985) after its foundation in 1904. The publications elaborating the history of the society deal exclusively with the presentation of the periods following the re-establishments, and merely mention, but do not reveal thoroughly the history of the early years of 1904-1909. The aim of the author of the present publication is to eliminate these deficiencies (to a considerable degree by making use of the contemporary local press coverage). In doing so, the study touches upon the relationship between the Berzsenyi freemason lodge of Kaposvár and the Literary society, which relationship gave rise to suspicion among the general public and thus hindered the expansion of member-ship and the efficacy of functioning.