Four and Twenty Minds: Essays (Classic Reprint)

The first ten of the essays here translated are from Papini s2A CervelU (F our and Twenty Minds ), the next six from hisS troncature (S lashings ), and the last eight from hisT estimonianze (T estimonies ). In the Preface to 24 CervelU yP apini 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 suirveyed 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 CervelU was published in the latter year. The book proved very successful; and in 1916 Papini brought out a second set of twentj- four similar essays, to which he gave the titleS
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