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Title Stefan Zweig reconsidered : new perspectives on his literary and biographical writings / edited by Mark H. Gelber
Published Tübingen : Niemeyer, 2007

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Series Conditio Judaica : Studien und Quellen zur deutsch-jüdischen Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte, 0941-5866 ; 62
Conditio Judaica ; 62.
Contents Introduction: Stefan Zweig in Israel; Erasmus: Stefan Zweig's Alter-Ego; Joseph Fouché. Geschichte, Individuum und Dichtung bei Stefan Zweig; Stefan Zweig et Romain Rolland. Naissance de l'Intellectuel Européen; Stefan Zweig and the »World of Yesterday«; Stefan Zweigs Ekel vor jeglicher Politik; Stefan Zweig und das Christentum; Stefan Zweig's »Untergang eines Herzens« as a Version of Tolstoy's »The Death of Ivan Illych«; Stefan Zweig und die Novelle der Wiener Moderne am Beispiel Arthur Schnitzlers; At Kithaeron Mountain. Stefan Zweig's Approach to the Daemonic
Stefan Zweig as (Austrian) EulogistFragmentation and the Quest for Unity. Stefan Zweig's Novellas as Tales of the Assimilationist Jewish Predicament; »Mit einer finsteren, einer schwarzen Liebe«. Zu Liebesdiskursen in Stefans Zweigs erzählerischem Werk; Das Theater als europäische Anstalt. Theaterverständnis und kulturelles Kapital bei Stefan Zweig; A Spectral Mirror Image. Stefan Zweig and his Critics; List of Contributors; Index
Summary This volume is comprised of 14 contributions, which are revised and expanded versions of lectures held at an international conference on Stefan Zweig that took place in Israel in 2004. The essays focus on Zweig's biographical writings (for example Erasmus and Fouché), as well as on several aspects of his literary works that have been neglected since the revival of academic studies of his writings and career commenced some 25 years ago. These include: Zweig's conception of the daemonic, Zweig and Christianity, the discourse of love in his writings, Zweig as an Austrian eulogist, his understandi
Notes Revised contributions from a meeting held 2004 in Israel
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Seven contributions in German, six in English, and one in French
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Subject Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses
SUBJECT Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942 fast
Subject Authors, Austrian -- 20th century -- Biography -- Congresses
Jewish authors -- Austria -- Biography -- Congresses
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- General.
Authors, Austrian
Jewish authors
Austria
Genre/Form Biographies
Conference papers and proceedings
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Gelber, Mark H., 1951-
ISBN 9783110931402
3110931400