Soul and Form

This collection of literary essays, which 1st appeared in Hungarian in 1910 when the author was only 25, & in German the following year, was György Lukács' 1st published book. Many of the themes that dominate his later work are already to be found in these youthful writings: the idea of totality, the nature of form, the role of essayist & critic, the significance of gesture.On the nature & form of the essayPlatonism, poetry & formThe foundering of form against lifeOn the romantic philosophy of lifeThe bourgeois way of life & art for art's sakeThe new solitude & its poetryLonging & formThe moment & formRichness, chaos & formThe metaphysics of tragedySources & References