Marginalia On Casanova

Name: Marginalia On Casanova
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Miklós Szentkuthy, Tim Wilkinson, Zéno Bianu

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ERIS
05 May 2026

Philosophy of language; Literary studies: general; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Critical Century

A philosopher in the guise of a rake. In this wild, dazzling work of literary reinvention, Hungarian modernist Miklós Szentkuthy uses Casanova's memoirs as a springboard for something far stranger: a swirling meditation on eros, memory, disguise, vanity, and the metaphysics of seduction.

Blending fiction, philosophy, and improvisation, Marginalia on Casanova is less a commentary than an ecstatic interruption-part reverie, part performance, part private theatre of ideas. Szentkuthy's prose is electric, erratic, and baroque, drawing comparisons to Joyce, Borges, and Pater, but like nothing else in modern literature. First published in 1939, it launched a one-man avant-garde in Budapest and remains one of the most intoxicating debuts of the twentieth century.

By: Miklós Szentkuthy
Introduction by: Zéno Bianu
Translated by: Tim Wilkinson
Imprint: ERIS
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New Edition
Volume: 1
ISBN: 9781967751693
ISBN 10: 1967751692
Series: Critical Century
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 05 May 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Miklós Szentkuthy (1908–1988) was a Hungarian writer, translator, and literary visionary whose work defied categories. Mixing philosophy, fiction, and autobiography, he created one of the most ambitious and idiosyncratic bodies of work in 20th-century European literature. Best known for his St. Orpheus Breviary and Marginalia on Casanova, Szentkuthy wrote with baroque intensity, intellectual playfulness, and a fearless disregard for convention.

Reviews for Marginalia On Casanova

Open your minds, then, to the European enlightenment, sit back and let this exquisitely thought-provoking book seep into you. -- Nicholas Lezard * <i>The Guardian</i> *