Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. NEW READINGS OF OLD TEXTS
5. THE IGOR TALE 3
6. TRAGEDY OR ROMANCE? 50
7. PASCAL’S CLASSICISM 103
8. CRITIQUES OF THE MODERNS
9. TOLSTOY AS MAN AND ARTIST 131
10. PIRANDELLO IN RETROSPECT 146
11. A NOTE ON ITALO SVEVO 171
12. LEO FERRERO’S ANGELICA 180
13. THE ITALIAN SUCCESS STORY 199
14. THE POETRY OF S T.–J. PERSE 222
15. MYTHOLOGY OF FRANZ KAFKA 254
16. TROTSKY’S DIARY IN EXILE 264
17. OTHER LITERARY PAPERS
18. THE DEATH OF THE SENSE OF TRAGEDY 279
19. FOR A LITERARY HISTORIOGRAPHY BASED ON PARETO'S SOCIOLOGY 291
20. THE ARTIST IN THE MODERN WORLD 323
21. POETICS AND METRICS 343
22. THE ADDED ARTIFICER 355
23. PUBLISHER’S NOTE 367
24. INDEX 371