An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems of the present day, of being, in other words, a reactionary.
From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past. - Lion Feuchtwanger
From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.
- Lion Feuchtwanger
Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a vas… - Lion Feuchtwanger
Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a vas…
There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime. - Lion Feuchtwanger
There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.
An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its logic. - Lion Feuchtwanger
An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its logic.
Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmiss… - Lion Feuchtwanger
Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmiss…
Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit… - Lion Feuchtwanger
Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit…
I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific. - Lion Feuchtwanger
I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.
Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contempor… - Lion Feuchtwanger
Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contempor…
An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems of the present day, of… - Lion Feuchtwanger
An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems of the present day, of…
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