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Author Lukács, György, 1885-1971.

Title The culture of people's democracy : Hungarian essays on literature, art, and democratic transition, 1945-1948 / by Gyorgy Lukacs ; edited and translated by Tyrus Miller.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (353 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; v. 42
Lukács Library
Historical materialism book series ; v. 42. 1570-1522
Lukács Library.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Editor's Introduction The Phantom of Liberty: György Lukács and the Culture of 'People's Democracy'; Acknowledgements; Literature and Democracy (1947); Chapter One Foreword to Literature and Democracy; Chapter Two Democracy and Culture; Chapter Three Lenin and the Questions of Culture; Chapter Four Literature and Democracy I; Chapter Five Literature and Democracy II; Chapter Six Populist Writers in the Balance; Chapter Seven Poetry of the Party; Chapter Eight Free or Directed Art?; Chapter Nine Against Old and New Legends; Chapter Ten The Unity of Hungarian Literature.
Supplementary Related Essays, 1947-8Chapter Eleven The Tasks of Marxist Philosophy in the New Democracy; Chapter Twelve On 'Kitsch' and 'Proletcult'; Chapter Thirteen Hungarian Theories of Abstract Art; Chapter Fourteen The Hungarian Communist Party and Hungarian Culture; Chapter Fifteen The Revision of Hungarian Literary History; Historical, Literary, and Biographical Glossary; References; Person Index; Subject Index.
Summary The essays of Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic György Lukács from 1945 to 1948, including the influential volume Literature and Democracy, are presented here for the first time in English translation, with an introduction and annotations by the editor.
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Subject Socialism and culture.
Socialism and culture.
Socialism and literature.
Socialism and literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Miller, Tyrus, 1963-
Other Form: Print version: Miller, Tyrus. Culture of People's Democracy. Leiden : BRILL, 2013 9789004234512
ISBN 9789004234512 (electronic book)
9004234519 (electronic book)
9789004217270 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004217274 (hardback ; alkaline paper)