UID:
almafu_9960119162302883
Format:
1 online resource (xl, 137 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-281-94951-5
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9786611949518
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1-57113-680-0
Series Statement:
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Uniform Title:
Ludwig Börne.
Content:
In 1840, Heinrich Heine, the major German poet of Jewish origin of the age, published a book on Ludwig Börne, the major German political writer of Jewish origin of the period, who had died three years before. Regarded by Heine and others as his best-written book, it was also his most disastrously conceived. Intended to recover the high ground of revolutionary principle and philosophy against the attacks mounted on him by Börne and his supporters, the book was instead met by a storm of outrage from which it seemed Heine's reputation might never recover. In the course of time, the evaluation was reversed; Heine was increasingly celebrated as a true herald of revolution. His vocabulary of Hellenism and Nazarenism, employed for the first time in 'Börne', was transmitted into English usage by Matthew Arnold. But 'Börne' itself is Heine's only major work that has never been fully translated into English. The commentary to the edition clarifies the conflict between the two most prominent German-Jewish public intellectuals of their time, corrects the misapprehensions constantly in circulation about their relationship and the book, and reveals the many peculiarities of the text. Jeffrey L. Sammons is Leavenworth Professor of German Emeritus at Yale University and the author of four books on Heine.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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CONTENTS ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; ABBREVIATIONS ; INTRODUCTION ; Book I; Book II; Book III; Book IV; Book V; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-57113-342-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781571136800
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