Lo “spirito” dell’Europa nella letteratura tra le due guerre mondiali
In Saggi
22 Agosto 2022
DI ALBERTO SCERBO
ABSTRACT – In the literature of the twentieth century, the idea of Europe
appears above all in correspondence with the two world wars and, while
playing different roles, it promises to be a decisive point of reference for the
analysis of the historical situation and the explanation of the thorniest
political problems. It works in all cases as a factor of regeneration and hope,
at times as a tool for reading the past, as happens in Stefan Zweig, at others
as a criterion for interpreting the present, as in Thomas Mann, still others as
a compositional principle of a unity of souls in an ideal future projection, as
can be glimpsed in Paul Valery
KEYWORDS – Spirit of Europe, world wars, Zweig, Mann, Valery