Essays on Realism
Rodney Livingstone
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Description
Originally published in the 1930s, these essays on realism, expressionism, and modernism in literature present Lukacs's side of the controversy among Marxist writers and critics now known as the Lukacs-Brecht debate.
The book also includes an exchange of letters between Lukàcs, writing in exile in the Soviet Union, and the German Communist novelist, Anna Seghers, in which they discuss realism, the European literary heritage, and the situation of the artist in capitalist culture.
Product Details
| Publisher | MIT Press |
| Publish Date | May 10, 1983 |
| Pages | 250 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780262620420 |
| Dimensions | 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.7 inches | 0.8 pounds |
BISAC Categories: Philosophy
About the Author
Georg Lukács was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher, aesthetician, literary historian, and critic.
Rodney Livingstone, Reader in German at the University of Southampton, has edited and translated numerous works by Lukács, Theodor Adorno, and others.
Reviews
"Considering [his] capacity for historical intervention and personal survival, the least one can say is that Lukacs was the most successful Marxist intellectual of the 20th century.... The six essays and one public exchange of letters that David Fernbach's translation makes available to English readers were all written between 1931 and 1940, a period during which Lukacs served the Comintern as one of its most formidable (and certainly its most erudite) critical hitmen."- J. Hoberman, "The Village Voice"
& quot; Considering [his] capacity for historical intervention and personal survival, the least one can say is that Luk& Atilde; & iexcl; cs was the most successful Marxist intellectual of the 20th century.... The six essays and one public exchange of letters that David Fernbach's translation makes available to English readers were all written between 1931 and 1940, a period during which Luk& Atilde; & iexcl; cs served the Comintern as one of its most formidable (and certainly its most erudite) critical hitmen.& quot; - J. Hoberman, The Village Voice
" Considering [his] capacity for historical intervention and personal survival, the least one can say is that Lukà ¡ cs was the most successful Marxist intellectual of the 20th century.... The six essays and one public exchange of letters that David Fernbach's translation makes available to English readers were all written between 1931 and 1940, a period during which Lukà ¡ cs served the Comintern as one of its most formidable (and certainly its most erudite) critical hitmen." - J. Hoberman, "The Village Voice"
"Considering Ýhis¨ capacity for historical intervention and personal survival, the least one can say is that LukAcs was the most successful Marxist intellectual of the 20th century.... The six essays and one public exchange of letters that David Fernbach's translation makes available to English readers were all written between 1931 and 1940, a period during which LukAcs served the Comintern as one of its most formidable (and certainly its most erudite) critical hitmen."- J. Hoberman, "The Village Voice"
& quot; Considering [his] capacity for historical intervention and personal survival, the least one can say is that Luk& Atilde; & iexcl; cs was the most successful Marxist intellectual of the 20th century.... The six essays and one public exchange of letters that David Fernbach's translation makes available to English readers were all written between 1931 and 1940, a period during which Luk& Atilde; & iexcl; cs served the Comintern as one of its most formidable (and certainly its most erudite) critical hitmen.& quot; - J. Hoberman, The Village Voice
" Considering [his] capacity for historical intervention and personal survival, the least one can say is that Lukà ¡ cs was the most successful Marxist intellectual of the 20th century.... The six essays and one public exchange of letters that David Fernbach's translation makes available to English readers were all written between 1931 and 1940, a period during which Lukà ¡ cs served the Comintern as one of its most formidable (and certainly its most erudite) critical hitmen." - J. Hoberman, "The Village Voice"
"Considering Ýhis¨ capacity for historical intervention and personal survival, the least one can say is that LukAcs was the most successful Marxist intellectual of the 20th century.... The six essays and one public exchange of letters that David Fernbach's translation makes available to English readers were all written between 1931 and 1940, a period during which LukAcs served the Comintern as one of its most formidable (and certainly its most erudite) critical hitmen."- J. Hoberman, "The Village Voice"
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