L'anima e le forme (0)

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This collection of literary essays, which 1st appeared in Hungarian in 1910 when the author was only 25, & in German the following year, was György Lukács' 1st published book. Many of the themes that dominate his later work are already to be found in these youthful writings: the idea of totality, the nature of form, the role of essayist & critic, the significance of gesture.
On the nature & form of the essay
Platonism, poetry & form
The foundering of form against life
On the romantic philosophy of life
The bourgeois way of life & art for art's sake
The new solitude & its poetry
Longing & form
The moment & form
Richness, chaos & form
The metaphysics of tragedy
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