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História da Literatura Ocidental - Volume 1
PARTE I: A HERANÇA
PARTE II: O MUNDO CRISTÃO
PARTE III: A TRANSIÇÃO
PARTE IV: RENASCENÇA E REFORMA
História da Literatura Ocidental - Esta obra monumental, composta por quatro volumes, é uma das mais importantes obras publicadas no Brasil no século XX. O jornal Folha de São Paulo, ao findar o século passado, reuniu vários especialistas para escolher as cem melhores obras de não-ficção do século XX. História da Literatura Ocidental de Carpeaux alcançou o 18º lugar.
É uma obra fundamental da bibliografia literária e da cultura brasileira. Vários estudiosos a ela se acercaram não apenas para conhecer a fundo o percurso de homens, livros, movimentos literários, mas também para compreender a história das idéias no mundo ocidental. Só como compêndio da literatura universal já justificaria sua terceira edição, com acréscimos e dados informativos que não compunham as outras edições. É que a História da Literatura Ocidental é um dos livros para entender um dos teóricos da civilização brasileira que foi o austro-brasileiro Otto Maria Carpeaux.
No primeiro volume de sua História da Literatura Ocidental, Carpeaux parte da Antiguidade greco-latina, passa pelas expressões literárias da Idade Média e analisa o Renascimento e a Reforma.
"Uma obra monumental", classificou o escritor Herberto Sales, seu primeiro editor. Elogiado por Antonio Candido, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Álvaro Lins, Aurélio Buarque de Holanda e inúmeros outros intelectuais e escritores, a História da Literatura Ocidental, de Otto Maria Carpeaux, é obra definitiva, enciclopédica e multidisciplinar que deve fazer parte de toda biblioteca que leva este nome.
PARTE II: O MUNDO CRISTÃO
PARTE III: A TRANSIÇÃO
PARTE IV: RENASCENÇA E REFORMA
História da Literatura Ocidental - Esta obra monumental, composta por quatro volumes, é uma das mais importantes obras publicadas no Brasil no século XX. O jornal Folha de São Paulo, ao findar o século passado, reuniu vários especialistas para escolher as cem melhores obras de não-ficção do século XX. História da Literatura Ocidental de Carpeaux alcançou o 18º lugar.
É uma obra fundamental da bibliografia literária e da cultura brasileira. Vários estudiosos a ela se acercaram não apenas para conhecer a fundo o percurso de homens, livros, movimentos literários, mas também para compreender a história das idéias no mundo ocidental. Só como compêndio da literatura universal já justificaria sua terceira edição, com acréscimos e dados informativos que não compunham as outras edições. É que a História da Literatura Ocidental é um dos livros para entender um dos teóricos da civilização brasileira que foi o austro-brasileiro Otto Maria Carpeaux.
No primeiro volume de sua História da Literatura Ocidental, Carpeaux parte da Antiguidade greco-latina, passa pelas expressões literárias da Idade Média e analisa o Renascimento e a Reforma.
"Uma obra monumental", classificou o escritor Herberto Sales, seu primeiro editor. Elogiado por Antonio Candido, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Álvaro Lins, Aurélio Buarque de Holanda e inúmeros outros intelectuais e escritores, a História da Literatura Ocidental, de Otto Maria Carpeaux, é obra definitiva, enciclopédica e multidisciplinar que deve fazer parte de toda biblioteca que leva este nome.
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686 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1959
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Otto Maria Carpeaux
80 books59 followersOtto Maria Carpeaux (March 9, 1900 – February 3, 1978), born Otto Karpfen, was a Brazilian literary critic born in Austria and multilingual scholar.
Carpeaux was born in 1900 in Vienna, Austria, to a Jewish family, and lived there until 1939. In the University of Vienna he studied exact sciences and received his PhD in chemistry with a work concerning the brain, and possibly also a degree in physics. Later he studied sociology and philosophy in Paris, comparative literature in Naples, politics in Berlin and, supposedly, mathematics in Leipzig.
At some point in his life, Karpfen converted to Christianity, adding the Maria to his name and using Fidelis as his surname for some time. This conversion was evident in his political books (such as Wege Nach Rom) and his thinking, and led to his participation in the right-wing government of Engelbert Dollfuss.
When the Anschluss occurred and the Nazis took over Vienna, Karpfen went to Belgium. He stayed there for about a year and then went to Brazil, where he changed his last name to Carpeaux. At first, he was given a simple rural job, but eventually, through newspapers, he became an established literary critic, introducing writers such as Franz Kafka and Robert Musil to Brazilian audiences, along with the literary criticism of Wilhelm Dilthey, Benedetto Croce, Walter Benjamin and others.
Perhaps the peak of Carpeaux's production was his eight-volume História da Literatura Ocidental (History of Western Literature), unfortunately available only in Portuguese. Late critic José Lino Grünewald labelled it one of the brightest moments of the language in prose, despite the fact that Carpeaux was not a native speaker. It was written over a period of two years with a limited amount of research; the author depended primarily on his memory.[citation needed:] It is also unique in that it focuses on creating links between all periods, in order to create an organic vision of the literary history he is telling. The book also include more than 8,000 brief criticisms and expositions of the majority of the figures discussed along the way, minus the ones cited in passing; all are dealt with in their original languages, both in expositions and quotations and in the bibliography offered. The total bibliographical amount of cited works is on the merge of 30,000 books or more.
After a transition to the Brazilian left, marked by his fight against the military dictatorship that came to power in 1964, Carpeaux abandoned his literary writings by 1968, although he participated in an encyclopedia called Mirador. He died of a heart attack in 1978.
Recently, his essays have been compiled by Brazilian philosopher Olavo de Carvalho, with an added introduction. Critic Mauro Souza Ventura released De Karpfen a Carpeaux, a study in the life and work of Carpeaux. Carpeaux's other works include a dense history of German literature, several books of literary criticism, a popular history of Western music and various political writings.
Carpeaux was born in 1900 in Vienna, Austria, to a Jewish family, and lived there until 1939. In the University of Vienna he studied exact sciences and received his PhD in chemistry with a work concerning the brain, and possibly also a degree in physics. Later he studied sociology and philosophy in Paris, comparative literature in Naples, politics in Berlin and, supposedly, mathematics in Leipzig.
At some point in his life, Karpfen converted to Christianity, adding the Maria to his name and using Fidelis as his surname for some time. This conversion was evident in his political books (such as Wege Nach Rom) and his thinking, and led to his participation in the right-wing government of Engelbert Dollfuss.
When the Anschluss occurred and the Nazis took over Vienna, Karpfen went to Belgium. He stayed there for about a year and then went to Brazil, where he changed his last name to Carpeaux. At first, he was given a simple rural job, but eventually, through newspapers, he became an established literary critic, introducing writers such as Franz Kafka and Robert Musil to Brazilian audiences, along with the literary criticism of Wilhelm Dilthey, Benedetto Croce, Walter Benjamin and others.
Perhaps the peak of Carpeaux's production was his eight-volume História da Literatura Ocidental (History of Western Literature), unfortunately available only in Portuguese. Late critic José Lino Grünewald labelled it one of the brightest moments of the language in prose, despite the fact that Carpeaux was not a native speaker. It was written over a period of two years with a limited amount of research; the author depended primarily on his memory.[citation needed:] It is also unique in that it focuses on creating links between all periods, in order to create an organic vision of the literary history he is telling. The book also include more than 8,000 brief criticisms and expositions of the majority of the figures discussed along the way, minus the ones cited in passing; all are dealt with in their original languages, both in expositions and quotations and in the bibliography offered. The total bibliographical amount of cited works is on the merge of 30,000 books or more.
After a transition to the Brazilian left, marked by his fight against the military dictatorship that came to power in 1964, Carpeaux abandoned his literary writings by 1968, although he participated in an encyclopedia called Mirador. He died of a heart attack in 1978.
Recently, his essays have been compiled by Brazilian philosopher Olavo de Carvalho, with an added introduction. Critic Mauro Souza Ventura released De Karpfen a Carpeaux, a study in the life and work of Carpeaux. Carpeaux's other works include a dense history of German literature, several books of literary criticism, a popular history of Western music and various political writings.
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January 19, 2024
Obra de referência para qualquer pessoa que queira aprofundar os estudos literários. Consegui terminar de ler após 12 anos, desde que comprei na 15ª Bienal, no RJ, acompanhado da Tatiana, Carolina e Lucas na barriga. Neste 1º Volume, anotei todos os autores e obras indicados pelo autor.
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