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în ediţie trilingvă: engleză, franceză, germană , a apărut în SUA sub
semnătura lui Michael M. Dediu, studiul argumentat cu traduceri din opera
romancierului, intitulat:
„Corneliu Leu - Writer on the same wavelength as Mark Twain”
-an American viewpoint-
DERC Publishing House
Tewksbury (Boston), Massachusetts, U. S. A. 2
Copyright ©2015 by Michael M. Dediu
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Published and printed in the
United States of America
Library of Congress Control Number: 2015904110
Dediu, Michael M.
Corneliu Leu – writer on the same wavelength as Mark Twain
An American viewpoint
ISBN-13: 978-1-939757265
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Preface
René Descartes (1596 – 1650) elucidated the idea of a separation between the
objective reality and the subjective reality, or, in other words, between the
exterior world and the interior world. The pre-Cartesian philosophy and
literature did not show much interest in this separation between interior and
exterior, or between subjective and objective.
For example, Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC) gives the impression to see a harmony
between the exterior objects (real forms), feelings and rational thinking
(potential form). But before him Plato (circa 428 BC – 347 BC) does not see a
harmony between interior and exterior, because the truth and reality can only be
found in interior, through memory and rational thinking.
It seems that the oriental literature (Tsurayuki, Basho), as the pre-Cartesian
literature, does not make a precise distinction between subjective and
objective. On the other hand, writers and artists from Europe and America
(Dickens, Twain, Hugo, Goethe, Solzhenitsyn, Cervantes, Manzoni, Eminescu) were
trying to convince the public to see the world as they were seeing it.
Corneliu Leu, in the same Cartesian spirit, uncovers for us a fascinating world
that appears live and vibrant in front of our eyes. His books clearly are on the
same wavelength with those of Mark Twain, appearing from the depth of the
European and American being, with grandeur which flabbergasts even the most
refined reader. In this book we chronologically present happenings from Leu’s
and Twain’s lives, as well as many other interesting facts, and conclude with
samples of Leu’s works.
The wealth of the events, personages and places from Corneliu Leu’s books, the
same like those of Mark Twain’s books, represent a valorous contribution to the
European and American history and cultural heritage, and will remain as an
eloquent testimony for the future generations.
Michael M. Dediu, Ph. D.
Boston, U. S. A., 17 March 2015
Sursa: Corneliu Leu, 28 aprilie, 2015