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Jean Freville, trans. and ed. : Sur la Litterature et l'Art: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

Passages transcribed at length into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1937-38) include extracts on the art and literature of different historical periods from Les Grands Textes deu Marxism, sur litterature et l'Art, anthology edited by Jean Freville; topics and authors covered include the Renaissance; comedy; poetry; Goethe; Shakespeare; Carlyle, and Disraeli. Following transcriptions, Forster notes: 'I read this anthology to find material for the Ivory Tower.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Edward Morgan Forster      Print: Book

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