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Eugen Lovinescu


Born
in Fălticeni, Suceava, Romania
October 31, 1881

Died
January 01, 1943

Genre
Modernism, History

Influences
Emile Faguet
Jules Lemaître
Gabriel Tarde


Eugen Lovinescu was a Romanian modernist literary historian, literary critic, academic, and novelist, who in 1919 established the Sburătorul literary club. He was elected to the Romanian Academy posthumously, in 1991.

Building on the legacy of Titu Maiorescu, Lovinescu aimed to show that both the author and critic are never cut out from their social and cultural environments. He opposed Garabet Ibrăileanu's theory of selection (the compromise between individual genius and social requirement), proposing instead the idea that creation and demand occupy the very same moment in time. Lovinescu's analysis was backed by the views of Faguet Emile, Jules Lemaître, as well as Gabriel Tarde's notion of a group mind; it also adhered to the esthetical t ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 220 ratings · 22 reviews · 36 distinct works
Mite . Bălăuca
4.05 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1971 — 9 editions
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Istoria literaturii române ...
3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1937 — 4 editions
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Istoria civilizației române...
4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1972 — 6 editions
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Viata dublă
3.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1927 — 2 editions
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Mite
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1934 — 4 editions
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"Sburătorul": Agende Literare
3.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Bălăuca
4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1935 — 5 editions
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Bizu
2.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1932 — 3 editions
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Memorii ;: Aqua forte
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Critice (vol. I-II)
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“(...) timpul săpase între dânșii o prăpastie, pe care n-o mai puteau umple cu vorbele. În planul ei ideal, controversa s-ar fi putut dezlega; în planul vieții, pasiunea sau amorul propriu îi zădărnicea orice soluție.”
― Eugen Lovinescu, Viata dublă
tags: despartire, egoism, mandrie
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“Iubirea e o transmutație a valorilor; ea amestecă într-o egală adorație lipsurile și însușirile.”
― Eugen Lovinescu, Viata dublă
tags: iubire, orbire, valori
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“Cuvintele au fost născocite ca să acopere sensul real al gândului; suntem niște pelerini într-o ceață eternă în care nu ni se disting decât gesturile, pe când sufletele rămân învăluite în umbră; ne atragem, ne pipăim, nu ne înțelegem însă.”
― Eugen Lovinescu, Viata dublă
tags: cuvinte, insingurare, singuratate, suflet
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