Romain Rolland - Stefan Zweig. Von Welt zu Welt. Briefe einer Freundschaft 1914-1918

[2014]: Aufbau Verlag, Berlin

Romain Rolland - Stefan Zweig. Von Welt zu Welt. Briefe einer Freundschaft 1914-1918. Introduction by Peter Handke. Collector of manuscripts and editor Waltraud Schwarze. Letters translated from French into German by Christel Gersch and Eva Schewe [Rolland's letters] and Gerhard Schewe [Zweig's letters]. 461/(1)p. Frontispiece: Photographs of Romain Rolland, Paris 1914. Photograph of Stefan Zweig 1920, following p. XVII. Photographs of Rolland and Zweig on the book jacket

Contents:

[1].

Zwei Menschenkinder, Zwei Hochherzige. Zum Briefwechsel zwischen Romain Rolland und Stefan Zweig während des Ersten Weltkriegs [Peter Handke], pp. V-XVII. A slightly shortened version printed as "Zwei Menschen, zwei Hochherzige" ["Stefan Zweig ist noch jung, Romain Rolland schon berühmt, als die beiden Dichter sich 1910 anfreunden. Im Ersten Weltkrieg finden sie sich auf verfeindeten Seiten wieder. Und schreiben sich. Ihr Briefwechsel, lange vergriffen, erscheint jetzt neu: ein einzigartiges Dokument des Kampfes um Frieden"] in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung [Frankfurt am Main], No. 29 [20 July 2014], Feuilleton p. 32. Contains two photographs: Romain Rolland, ca. 1921 and Stefan Zweig, ca. 1920

Der Beginn einer Freundschaft. Briefe 1910-1913, pp. (1)-42

1910, p. 3

[2].

Rolland to Zweig, 1 letter, 1 May

1911, pp. 4-8

[3].

Rolland to Zweig, 2 letters, 18 February, 19 April

[4].

Zweig to Rolland, 3 letters, 12 February, 23 April, 26 April

1912, pp. 8-24

[5].

Rolland to Zweig, 4 letters and 1 postal card, 23 February-26 December

[6].

Zweig to Rolland, 3 letters and 3 postal cards, 17 February-24 December. The letter of 24 December [pp. 16-23] contains a copy of "Brief an Romain Rolland von Stefan Zweig" which had appeared in the Berliner Tageblatt [Berlin], 22 December 1912

1913, pp. 25-42

[7].

Rolland to Zweig,11 letters and 1 postal card, 2 January-30 October

[8].

Zweig to Rolland, 8 letters and 4 postal cards, 24 January-27 August. The letter of 18 April contains [pp. 33-34] a reprint of the poem "An Romain Rolland" by Friderike von Winternitz

Briefe 1914-1918, pp. (43)-436

1914, pp. 45-109

[9].

Rolland to Zweig, 17 letters and 5 postal cards, 21 March-22 December. The letter of 28 September was addressed to the Berliner Tageblatt in response to Zweig's "An die Freunde in Fremdland" which had appeared in the Berliner Tageblatt, 19 September 1914

[10].

Zweig to Rolland, 15 letters and 3 postal cards, 8 April-23 December

1915, pp. 109-225

[11].

Rolland to Zweig, 24 letters and 3 postal cards, 11 January-29 December. The letter of 2 June contains [pp. 177-178] the poem "An meine Freunde in Ost und West" by Frederik van Eeden

[12].

Zweig to Rolland, 34 letters and 12 postal cards, 2 January-30 December

[13].

Friderike von Winternitz to Rolland, 1 letter, 22 April

1916, pp. 226-258

[14].

Rolland to Zweig, 10 letters, 7 January-30 November

[15].

Zweig to Rolland, 10 letters, 1 postal card and 3 telegrams, 17 January-5 December

1917, pp. 259-290

[16].

Rolland to Zweig, 8 letters, 3 March-29 December

[17].

Zweig to Rolland, 10 letters, 18 February-31 December

1918, pp. 291-436

[18].

Rolland to Zweig, 34 letters and 2 postal cards, 1 January-28 December

[19].

Zweig to Rolland, 37 letters and 1 postal card, 6 January-30 December

[20].

Friderike von Winternitz to Rolland, 1 letter, 3 March

[21].

Rolland to Friderike von Winternitz, 1 letter, 14 June

Anhang

[22].

Zeittafel, pp. 439-451

[23].

Personenregister, pp. 452-459

[24].

Editorische Notiz, pp. 460-461

[25].

Inhalt, p. (462)

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Review of this volume:

Seibt, Gustav. "Nicht ganz überm Getümmel. Romain Rolland und Stefan Zweig tauschen sich aus im Ersten Weltkrieg - ein europäischer Briefverkeht" in Süddeutsche Zeitung [München], No. 222 [26 September 2014], Literatur, p. 14