Arany
/ (Hungarian ˈɔrɔnj) /
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noun
János (ˈjaːnoʃ). 1817–82, Hungarian epic poet, ballad writer, and scholar
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Arany mentions a Dutch and a Norwegian version of the same tale.
The Folk-Tales of the Magyars|VariousArany won this also with his Toldi (the first part of the present trilogy), and immediately found himself famous.
Petfi was more subjective, more individual; Arany was more objective and national.
As a lyric poet Petfi naturally gave expression to present moods and feelings; as an epic poet Arany plunged into the past.