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In this paper I investigate how the interpretation of the Romantic poet Mihai Eminescu’ work verifies the European transition from a rationalist conception of “genius” (according to which “genius” is a phenomenon subjected to the laws of nature/ society) to an irrationalist conception, where “genius” becomes a supernatural, transcendental, miraculous or inexplicable phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper I investigate how the interpretation of the Romantic poet Mihai Eminescu’ work verifies the European transition from a rationalist conception of “genius” (according to which “genius” is a phenomenon subjected to the laws of nature/ society) to an irrationalist conception, where “genius” becomes a supernatural, miraculous or inexplicable phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article analyzes G. Călinescu's implication in the process of Romania's Stalinization during 1944-1946. We take into account a few articles he published in that period in "Tribuna poporului" and "Naţiunea" newspapers. In a previous paper, we made a series of considerations regarding G. Călinescu relations with The Union of Patriots. This time, we refer mainly to his position in the National Popular Party (funded in 1946), a propaganda satellite of the Romania Communist Party. Documents reveal that this political organization was created in order to induce a false public image about left extremism governing intentions. In this point, G. Călinescu served deliberately the Marxist-Leninist ideology about democratizing Romanian society. His rhetoric was based mainly on the ideas of Monarchy, respect of property and moderate governing coalition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The following article discusses about the relation between the literary critic G. Călinescu, the crypto-communist organization "The Union of Patriots" and the first steps to Romania's Stalinization in the autumn of 1944. We bring some new details regarding the history of this political structure, which served so called anti-Fascist purposes during the Second World War (1942-1944). Besides, our intention is to spot the way the Communist Party used it as a middle of propaganda among the intellectuals. Furthermore, the aim of the paper is to prove that G. Călinescu, as a member of "The Union of Patriots", served the ideology of the Communist Party and its short term political goals in a series of articles he published in the newspaper "Tribuna poporului" ("People's Tribune") in 1944. He sustained very promptly the "democratic" (Stalinist) signals and proposals that left extremism, under a populist and message, spread into Romanian public space at that time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]