Four And Twenty Minds Essays

Author : Giovanni Papini
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330139523
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Four and Twenty Minds Essays written by Giovanni Papini and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Four and Twenty Minds Essays The first ten of the essays here translated are from Papini's 2A Cervelli ("Four and Twenty Minds"), the next six from his Stroncature ("Slashings"), and the last eight from his Testimonianze ("Testimonies"). In the Preface to 24 Cervelli Papini writes: These essays deal with twenty-four men - poets, philosophers, imaginary beings, scientists, mystics, painters - grouped without regard to logical classifications or to their relative importance. Some of the essays are tributes of affection, some are slashings; some reveal neglected greatness, others demolish undeserved reputations. Some are long, and represent careful study, others are brief and slight. . . I have surveyed these four and twenty souls not with the scrupulous exactitude of the pure scholar, nor with the definitive cocksureness of the professional critic, but as a man seeking to penetrate deeply into the lives of other men in order to discern and to reveal their lovableness or their hatefulness. The essays, then, are for the most part impassioned, subjective, partial - lyric, in a sense - and not critical. These essays had been written between 1902 and 1912:24 Cervelli was published in the latter year. The book proved very successful; and in 1916 Papini brought out a second set of twenty-four similar essays, to which he gave the title Slashings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.