Stefan Zweig reconsidered: new perspectives on his literary and biographical writings

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 understanding of theater, etc. Contributors from Austria, Germany, France, Belgium, Slovenia, and Israel bring refreshingly diverse perspectives and new concerns to this scholarly project. With contributions from Vera Apfelthaler, Matjaz Birk, Denis Charbit, Sarah Fraiman-Morris, Mark H. Gelber, Jacob Golomb, Bernhard Greiner, Gert Kerschbaumer, Hanni Mittelmann, Klaus Mueller, Michel Reffet, Ingrid Spoerk, Robert Wistrich.

Front matter --; 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) Eulogist /; Fragmentation 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 / Gelber, Mark H. --; Golomb, Jacob --; Müller, Karl --; Charbit, Denis --; Wistrich, Robert S. --; Kerschbaumer, Gert --; Reffet, Michel --; Fraiman-Morris, Sarah --; Birk, Matjaž --; Greiner, Bernhard --; Gelber, Mark H. --; Mittelmann, Hanni --; Spörk, Ingrid --; Apfelthaler, Vera --; Liska, Vivian --