Stere – A Portrait in Fragments
Constantin Stere came to be regarded as one of the most daring and complex political and social thinkers to emerge in the first decades of the 20th century. Indebted to russian populism, his ideas moulded an entire generation and were seminal in reshaping the intellectual landscape. In the same time, Stere is more than meets the eye. A traitor to some, a hero to others, a novelist that brings conjures up the powerful vein of the russian writers. The purpose of this essay is to provide the reader with the templates for a future reappraisal of Stere’s work.
Keywords: populism, ideas, criticism, novel, literature, socialism.
1. Monografia fundamentală dedicată vieţii lui Stere rămâne aceea a lui Z. Ornea, editată în două volume la “Cartea Românească”, 1989/1991.
2. A se vedea analiza lui Sir Isaiah Berlin din prefaţa la Franco Venturi, “Roots of revolution. A history of the populist and socialists movements in nineteenth century Russia”, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1960.
3. A se vedea Michael Kitch, “Constantin Stere and romanian populism”, în “The slavonic and east european review”, vol. 53, pp. 248- 271.
4. O perspectivă asupra lui Gherea, la acelaşi Michael Kitch, “Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea and romanian marxism”, ´în “The slavonic and east european review”, vol 55, pp. 65-89.
5. Analiza lui Lucian Boia, “Germanofilii. Elita intelectuală românească în anii primului război mondial”, Humanitas, Bucureşti, 2009.
6. Un model de analiză multistratificată a textului romanesc al lui Stere, la Corin Braga, în Ion Pop,“Dicţionar de opere literare româneşti”, vol. II, E–L, pp.250 – 254.
