Essays on Realism
| Author | : Georg Lukacs |
| Publisher | : MIT Press (MA) |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 1983-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0262620421 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780262620420 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (420 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Essays on Realism by : Georg Lukacs
Download or read book Essays on Realism written by Georg Lukacs and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1983-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Lukács, 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.
