UID:
almafu_9960119512402883
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1 online resource (ix, 270 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-87922-9
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0-511-51954-0
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in German
Content:
Stefan Heym's uncompromising stance made him unpopular with a succession of political regimes. The Nazis, the CIA and the East German secret police all held files on him. He was Hitler's youngest literary exile; McCarthyism was to drive him from the USA; and even in what appeared his natural home - the first socialist state on German soil - he was to become the country's leading dissident. By continuing to compose in both English and German, however, he maintained an international reputation, and has been translated into over twenty languages. This study traces Heym's career principally by reference to his novels, journalism, and political essays, from his earliest works. All his novels are analysed, the major ones in depth, and English translations of all German quotations are provided. Peter Hutchinson focuses particularly on Heym's battles against Stalinism and censorship, and the way in which his courageous defiance of a repressive regime inspired others and paved the way for the 'new' eastern literature of the eighties.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Acknowledgments1. Introduction2. The early years: revolt and exile3. First novels: the Nazi enemy4. Writing for causes: unpopular political statements5. Return to Germany: the struggles of the fifties6. The uses of history: methods of the sixties7. The uses of literature: Defoe, and the Bible8. Centre of controversy again: Honecker's first period9. An easier struggle: the eighties10. The achievementNotesBibliography of Heym's worksBibliography of secondary literatureIndex.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-02564-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-40438-X
Language:
English
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511519543
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