Marx, Engels and the romantic writes

Authors

  • Robert Sayre Université de Paris-Est-La-Valée
  • Michael Löwy CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) e École Des Hautes Études em Sciences Sociales de Paris.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/va.v0i23.84803

Keywords:

ROMANTICISM, CAPITALIST SOCIETY, LITERATURE.

Abstract

THIS ESSAY CONTRADICTS THE BURLESQUE AND HARDLY DIALECT VISION OF A CERTAIN CONSESUS OF STALINIST INSPIRATION, ACCORDING TO WHICH MARX AND ENGELS WOULD HAVE REJECTED THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT. GIVEN THE CENTRAL IMPORTANCE OF LITERATURE AND IMAGINATION AND OF THE 18TH CENTURY ROMANTIC CRITIQUE AGAINST CAPITALISM FOR THE EDUCATION AND THINKING OF BOTH PHILOSOPHERS, THIS ARTICLE PURSUES THE PRESENCE OF THIS MOVEMENT IN WORKS SUCH AS THE 1844 MANUSCRIPTS, THE POVERTY OF PHILOSOPHY, THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO AND THE GRUNDRISSE, AND EXAMINES THEIR POSITION IN RELATION TO AUTHORS SUCH AS THOMAS CARLYLE, BALZAC, CHARLES DICKENS, THE BRONTË SISTERS, SHELLEY, BYRON AND WALTER SCOTT, HIGHLIGHTING, ESPECIALLY IN MARX, THE GREAT READER AND WRITER OF POETRY DURING YOUTH.

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Published

2013-06-29

Issue

Section

Dossiê 23: Literatura e Marxismo

How to Cite

SAYRE, Robert; LÖWY, Michael. Marx, Engels and the romantic writes. Via Atlântica, São Paulo, v. 14, n. 1, p. 11–30, 2013. DOI: 10.11606/va.v0i23.84803. Disponível em: https://periodicos.usp.br/viaatlantica/article/view/84803.. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.