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Otto Maria Carpeaux

Born

in Viena, Austria

December 13, 1901

Died

February 03, 1978

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Otto Maria Carpeaux (March 9, 1900 – February 3, 1978), born Otto Karpfen, was a Brazilian literary critic born in Austria and multilingual scholar.

Carpeaux was born in 1900 in Vienna, Austria, to a Jewish family, and lived there until 1939. In the University of Vienna he studied exact sciences and received his PhD in chemistry with a work concerning the brain, and possibly also a degree in physics. Later he studied sociology and philosophy in Paris, comparative literature in Naples, politics in Berlin and, supposedly, mathematics in Leipzig.

At some point in his life, Karpfen converted to Christianity, adding the Maria to his name and using Fidelis as his surname for some time. This conversion was evident in his political books (such as Weg Otto Maria Carpeaux (March 9, 1900 – February 3, 1978), born Otto Karpfen, was a Brazilian literary critic born in Austria and multilingual scholar.

Carpeaux was born in 1900 in Vienna, Austria, to a Jewish family, and lived there until 1939. In the University of Vienna he studied exact sciences and received his PhD in chemistry with a work concerning the brain, and possibly also a degree in physics. Later he studied sociology and philosophy in Paris, comparative literature in Naples, politics in Berlin and, supposedly, mathematics in Leipzig.

At some point in his life, Karpfen converted to Christianity, adding the Maria to his name and using Fidelis as his surname for some time. This conversion was evident in his political books (such as Wege Nach Rom) and his thinking, and led to his participation in the right-wing government of Engelbert Dollfuss.

When the Anschluss occurred and the Nazis took over Vienna, Karpfen went to Belgium. He stayed there for about a year and then went to Brazil, where he changed his last name to Carpeaux. At first, he was given a simple rural job, but eventually, through newspapers, he became an established literary critic, introducing writers such as Franz Kafka and Robert Musil to Brazilian audiences, along with the literary criticism of Wilhelm Dilthey, Benedetto Croce, Walter Benjamin and others.

Perhaps the peak of Carpeaux's production was his eight-volume História da Literatura Ocidental (History of Western Literature), unfortunately available only in Portuguese. Late critic José Lino Grünewald labelled it one of the brightest moments of the language in prose, despite the fact that Carpeaux was not a native speaker. It was written over a period of two years with a limited amount of research; the author depended primarily on his memory.[citation needed:] It is also unique in that it focuses on creating links between all periods, in order to create an organic vision of the literary history he is telling. The book also include more than 8,000 brief criticisms and expositions of the majority of the figures discussed along the way, minus the ones cited in passing; all are dealt with in their original languages, both in expositions and quotations and in the bibliography offered. The total bibliographical amount of cited works is on the merge of 30,000 books or more.

After a transition to the Brazilian left, marked by his fight against the military dictatorship that came to power in 1964, Carpeaux abandoned his literary writings by 1968, although he participated in an encyclopedia called Mirador. He died of a heart attack in 1978.

Recently, his essays have been compiled by Brazilian philosopher Olavo de Carvalho, with an added introduction. Critic Mauro Souza Ventura released De Karpfen a Carpeaux, a study in the life and work of Carpeaux. Carpeaux's other works include a dense history of German literature, several books of literary criticism, a popular history of Western music and various political writings.
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	A Literatura Greco-Latina por Carpeaux (História da Literatura Ocidental, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	História da Literatura Ocidental (4 Volumes) 4.60 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1959 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A História Concisa da Literatura Alemã by Otto Maria Carpeaux, Edna Adorno (Tradutora), Bete Abreu (Tradutora) 4.27 avg rating — 45 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O Livro de Ouro da História da Música: Da Idade Média ao Século XX 4.50 avg rating — 38 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	História da Literatura Ocidental - Volume 1 4.78 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1959 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Idade Média por Carpeaux (História da Literatura Ocidental, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cinza do Purgatório by Otto Maria Carpeaux, Diogo Fontana (editor), Eduardo Zomkowski (editor) 4.81 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1942 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caminhos para Roma - Aventura, Queda e Vitória do Espírito by Otto Maria Carpeaux, Bruno Mori (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1934 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uma Nova História da Música 4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1958 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	História da Literatura Ocidental - Volume 2 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1959 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A música é emoção, sim, mas emoção intelectualmente disciplinada: supremo modelo de toda disciplina. A música é Inferno, Purgatório e Paraíso ao mesmo tempo”
― Otto Maria Carpeaux, O Canto do Violino: E outros ensaios inéditos

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“Não há escolástica sem mística.”
― Otto Maria Carpeaux, A Idade Média por Carpeaux

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“O estudo das renascenças medievais abriu as primeiras brechas. Troeltsch chamou atenção para a relatividade do ideal ascético e para as concessões da Igreja ao espírito profano. Brinkmann já distinguiu dois tipos de homem medieval: o idealista ascético e o leigo realista. Afinal, a civilização medieval é um fenômeno muito complexo; não é possível defini-la numa frase só. Ao lado da mentalidade eclesiástica, há a mentalidade leiga dos cavaleiros; ao lado da civilização feudal, há a civilização burguesa. E tudo isto não se encontra em equilíbrio estático, como a equação “catedral-summa” afirmou, mas em evolução viva e multiforme.”
― Otto Maria Carpeaux, A Idade Média por Carpeaux

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