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 to appraise them or to study the deeper working
of the self. Stendhal's self-portraiture is depicted as
psychological; he observes himself and investigates his own
feelings. Tolstoy has the highest level; he describes his own life,
records what led him to his own actions, and focuses on
self-reflection in a completely unexaggerated manner.
At first glance it might seem as if self-portraiture is an
artist's easiest task. With no further trouble than a probing of
memory and a description of the facts of life, "the truth" is
revealed. The history of literature shows that ordinary
autobiographers are no more than commonplace witnesses testifying
to facts that chance has brought to their knowledge. A practiced
artist is needed to discern the innermost happenings of the soul;
few who have attempted autobiography have been successful in this
difficult task. The present volume expounds the characteristics of
these subjectively minded artists, and of autobiography as their
typical method of personal expression.
General
| Imprint: |
AldineTransaction
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2012 |
| First published: |
2012 |
| Authors: |
Jay Katz
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
420 |
| Edition: |
Revised Ed. |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4128-4595-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-4128-4595-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781412845953 |
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