Opere. Volumul I

This first volume holds work by Ion Heliade-Rădulescu. It has poems, prose, and plays. Some verse comes from Meditatii poetice dintr-ale lui A. de Lamartine (1830). It also draws from Culegere din scrierile lui I. Eliad de proza si de poezie (1836). Other poems come from journals, handwritten texts, and other collections. The prose has speeches, talks, and short sketches. It has portraits of people in society, too. It also has satire and views on works of literature. The chosen plays show his role in founding the National Theatre.

The book is for readers of Romanian literature. It also serves those who study nineteenth-century culture. It is for teachers, students, school pupils, and general readers. It puts special stress on writing from around 1848. It also aims to reach readers in Moldova. His work is less known there.

Heliade-Rădulescu wrote and took part in politics. He was also a philologist, a scholar of language. He helped found the Romanian Academy. He was the first to lead the Romanian Academic Society. His work helped shape modern Romanian poetry. It helped shape Romanian Romanticism, too. B.P. Hasdeu and G. Călinescu gave him high praise. They praised the wide scope of his cultural interests.

Mircea Anghelescu chose and edited the texts. He drew on his study of the author. He adds a study at the start and a timeline. He also adds notes, comments, and images. The national book selection commission approved this edition. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Research helped fund it.