ISBN: 9781782043270

Captures the learning process of Nazi-era literary exiles following in the footsteps of legendary literary exemplars of exile.Exile is as old as humanity itself but a radically new fate f… Mehr…

Captures the learning process of Nazi-era literary exiles following in the footsteps of legendary literary exemplars of exile.Exile is as old as humanity itself but a radically new fate for the "novice" exile, who falls into a world about which personal experience can tell him nothing. He does, however, know a great number of stories -- myths, legends, allegories, biblical or historical accounts -- about exile. The novice's search for a foothold initiates a learning process in which the exilic tradition assumes a major role. The present book captures this learning process:it is a cultural history of exile as it was experienced by thousands of German and Austrian writers and intellectuals who opposed National Socialism: among them Brecht, Canetti, Seghers, Remarque, the Manns, and Ludwig Marcuse. It shows how, slowly, exile becomes a reality through the growing awareness of -- and reference to -- the exemplary figures of a shared fate. Scores of fellow travelers, from the mythic figures Odysseus and Ahasverus ("The EternalJew") to writers such as Heinrich Heine and Victor Hugo, frame the experience of exile, imbuing it with meaning, giving it depth, and even elevating it to a "High Moral Office." They frequently make appearances in the narratives of the Nazi-era exiles. The Russian-American exile poet Joseph Brodsky called writers in exile "retrospective and retroactive beings." What their retrospective gazes yield as they search for meaning in banishment is at the heart ofthis book.. Johannes F. Evelein is Professor of Language and Culture Studies at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut.; PDF; Reference & Languages > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies: general > Literary studi, Boydell & Brewer Ltd<

2014, ISBN: 9781782043270

Exemplarity and the Search for Meaning, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), Captures the learning process of Nazi-era literary exiles following in the footsteps of legendary literary exemplars … Mehr…

Exemplarity and the Search for Meaning, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), Captures the learning process of Nazi-era literary exiles following in the footsteps of legendary literary exemplars of exile. [PU: Boydell & Brewer], Seiten: 212, Boydell & Brewer, 2014<

ISBN: 9781782043270

1st Edition, by Johannes Evelein, PRINT ISBN: 9781571135902 E-TEXT ISBN: 9781782043270 Ingram Publisher Services UK- Academic eBook Other pricing structure might be available at vitalsour… Mehr…

1st Edition, by Johannes Evelein, PRINT ISBN: 9781571135902 E-TEXT ISBN: 9781782043270 Ingram Publisher Services UK- Academic eBook Other pricing structure might be available at vitalsource.com., Camden House<

2014, ISBN: 9781782043270

Exemplarity and the Search for Meaning, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), [PU: Boydell & Brewer], Boydell & Brewer, 2014