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A Companion to the Works of Heinrich Heine (Paperback, New)
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A Companion to the Works of Heinrich Heine (Paperback, New)
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
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A collection of new essays treating the most important aspects of
the work of the most famous late Romantic, Heinrich Heine. As the
most prominent German-Jewish Romantic writer, Heinrich Heine
(1797-1856) became a focal point for much of the tension generated
by the Jewish assimilation to German culture in a time marked by a
growing emphasis on the shared ancestry of the German Volk. As both
an ingenious composer of Romantic verse and the originator of
modernist German prose, he defied nationalist-Romantic concepts of
creative genius that grounded German greatness in an idealist
tradition of Dichter und Denker. And as a brash, often reckless
champion of freedom and social justice, he challenged not only the
reactionary ruling powers of Restoration Germany but also the
incipient nationalistideology that would have fateful consequences
for the new Germany--consequences he often portended with a
prophetic vision born of his own experience. Reaching to the heart
of the `German question,' the controversies surrounding Heine have
been as intense since his death as they were in his own lifetime,
often serving as an acid test for important questions of national
and social consciousness. This new volume of essays by scholars
from Germany, Britain, Canada, and the United States offers new
critical insights on key recurring issues in his work: the
symbiosis of German and Jewish culture; emerging nationalism among
the European peoples; critical views of Romanticism and modern
philosophy; European culture on the threshold to modernity; irony,
wit, and self-critique as requisite elements of a modern aesthetic;
changing views on teleology and the dialectics of history; and
final thoughts and reconsiderations from his last, prolonged years
in a sickbed. Contributors: Michael Perraudin, Paul Peters, Roger
F. Cook, Willi Goetschel, Gerhard Hoehn, Paul Reitter, Robert C.
Holub, Jeffrey Grossman, Anthony Phelan, Joseph A. Kruse, and
George F. Peters. Roger F. Cook is Professor of German at the
University of Missouri, Columbia.
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