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<p>The Book Letters from Exile. Unpublished correspondence is the proof of a long friendship, the letters gathered here revealing scenes, portraits and events that reconfigure the biographies of the two exiled Romanian intellectuals, Matei Călinescu and Ion Vianu. The affective imprint, the vague colour of nostalgic emotion compresses the impediments of spatial distance, the long friendship between the two being the result of reuniting several circumstances, affinities, closeness, because a friendship is strengthened, as we know, by analogies and empathy, tolerance, patience and sincerity, but also from the valences of the modelling and recovering confession. A theme that appears with a significant frequency is the theme of exile, of the rupture of identity, with old and new existential meanings, with difficulties, illusions and disappointments. A recurring topos is that of travel, as many epistolary notations summarize projects of meetings, reunions, trips, planned in detail, trips in real geography and trips on the map of a postmodern imaginary, bearing the imprint of intercultural dialogue, ideas, references bibliographies, reading sheets, possible conferences and other opportunities for intellectual debates that, for us today, do not mean so much anymore.</p>
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The Book Letters from Exile. Unpublished correspondence is the proof of a long friendship, the letters gathered here revealing scenes, portraits and events that reconfigure the biographies of the two exiled Romanian intellectuals, Matei Călinescu and Ion Vianu. The affective imprint, the vague colour of nostalgic emotion compresses the impediments of spatial distance, the long friendship between the two being the result of reuniting several circumstances, affinities, closeness, because a friendship is strengthened, as we know, by analogies and empathy, tolerance, patience and sincerity, but also from the valences of the modelling and recovering confession. A theme that appears with a significant frequency is the theme of exile, of the rupture of identity, with old and new existential meanings, with difficulties, illusions and disappointments. A recurring topos is that of travel, as many epistolary notations summarize projects of meetings, reunions, trips, planned in detail, trips in real geography and trips on the map of a postmodern imaginary, bearing the imprint of intercultural dialogue, ideas, references bibliographies, reading sheets, possible conferences and other opportunities for intellectual debates that, for us today, do not mean so much anymore.

Matei Călinescu-Ion Vianu, Scrisori Din Exil. Corespondenţă Inedită, Editura Humanitas, 2019

Prof., PhD, ‘G.E. Palade’ University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș

Acta Marisiensis. Philologia

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The Book Letters from Exile. Unpublished correspondence is the proof of a long friendship, the letters gathered here revealing scenes, portraits and events...

Matei Călinescu-Ion Vianu, Scrisori Din Exil. Corespondenţă Inedită, Editura Humanitas, 2019

Published Online: Feb 01, 2023

Page range: 1 - 3

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amph-2022-0055

Keywords
letters, scenes, portraits, biographies, emotional imprint, theme of exile

© 2022 Iulian Boldea, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Matei Călinescu-Ion Vianu, Scrisori Din Exil. Corespondenţă Inedită, Editura Humanitas, 2019

Published Online: Feb 01, 2023

Page range: 1 - 3

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amph-2022-0055

Keywordsletters, scenes, portraits, biographies, emotional imprint, theme of exile

© 2022 Iulian Boldea, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
letters, scenes, portraits, biographies, emotional imprint, theme of exile