Casanova, Stendhal, Tolstoy Paperback 1st Edition

Stefan Zweig

Casanova, Stendhal, Tolstoy: Adepts in Self-Portraiture, the final volume of Stefan Zweig's masterful Master Builders of the Spirit trilogy, discloses the smaller version of a writer's own ego. Unconscious though it is, no reality is as important to the writer as the reality of their own life. Giacomo Casanova, Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle), and Leo Tolstoy have different approaches to self-portraiture, but Zweig shows that together they symbolize three levels which represent successively ascending gradations of the same creative function. Casanova is depicted as having a primitive gradation; he simply records deeds and happenings, without any attempt

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9781412845953

English

Transaction Publishers

11-Dec-12

420

<p> <em>Stefan Zweig </em>(1881-1942) was an outstanding Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist, and biographer who believed that Europe should be under the rule of one government. Some of his most famous writings include, <em>Beware of Pity</em>; <em>Marie Antoinette</em>; <em>Jeremiah</em>; and <em>Conqueror of the Seas: The Story of Magellan</em>.</p>||<p> <em>Laurence Mint </em>is an independent scholar and visual artist. He was senior editor at Transaction Publishers for more than fifteen years. His main area of interest is in European cultural studies.</p

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