Preface to The Theory of the Novel by Georg Lukacs (original) (raw)

Georg Luk�cs 1914

The Theory of the Novel

The Forms of Great Epic Literature examined in Relation to Whether the General Civilisation of the Time is an Integrated or a Problematic One

Source: The Theory of the Novel. A historico-philosophical essay on the forms of great epic literature. by Georg Luk�cs, translated from the German by Anna Bostock, published by Merlin Press. First two of nine chapters reproduced here.

Preface (1962)

1. Integrated Civilisations

2. The Problems of a Philosophy of the History of Forms