Stefan Zweig. The World of Yesterday's Humanist Today

[1983]: State University of New York Press, Albany, NY

Stefan Zweig. The World of Yesterday's Humanist Today. Proceedings of the Stefan Zweig Symposium. Edited by Marion Sonnenfeld. xii/357p. To mark the centennial of Zweig's birth, a symposium was held at the State University of New York at Fredonia, 30 March - 2 April 1981. The symposium was cosponsored by the College at Fredonia and the Republic of Austria

Contents

[1].

Preface [Marion Sonnenfeld], pp. (xi)-xii

Keynoters

[2].

Some Introductory Observations on Stefan Zweig’s World of Yesterday [Georg Iggers], pp. (1)-9

[3].

The World of Yesterday in the View of an Intellectual Historian [Wilma Iggers], pp. (10)-19

Zweig and France [Andrée Pénot, Coordinator]

[4].

The Quest for Reason - Stefan Zweig’s and Romain Rolland’s Struggle for Pan-European Unity [Helene Kastinger Riley], pp. (20)-31

[5].

Stefan Zweig - The Man of the Hour and the Consistent Humanist [Brenda Keiser], pp. (32)-39

[6].

Friendship and Kinship between Georges Duhamel and Stefan Zweig [Claire Hoch], pp. (40)-63

Zweig and Judaism [George Browder, Coordinator]

[7].

Into the Bourgeoisie - A Study of the Family of Stefan Zweig and Jewish Social Mobility, 1750-1880 [Leo Spitzer], pp. (64)-81

[8].

Stefan Zweig and the Illusion of the Jewish European [Leon Botstein], pp. (82)-110

[9].

The Ideal of Eternal Homelessness - Stefan Zweig and Judaism [Klara Carmely], pp. (111)-117

Zweig’s Interpretation of History [Julius Paul, Coordinator

[10].

History As Literature - Stefan Zweig’s Sternstunden der Menschheit [Stephen Howard Garrin], pp. (118)-127

[11].

The Worm in the Rose - Historical Destiny and Individual Action in Stefan Zweig’s Vision of History [Lionel B. Steiman], pp. (128)-156

Zweig the Humanizer in Literature [Marion Sonnenfeld, Coordinator]

[12].

The Humane Ideal in Stefan Zweig’s Novelle - Some Complications and Limitations [David Turner], pp. (157)-167

[13].

Narrative Technique and Psychological Analysis in Two Novellas by Stefan Zweig [Ann Clark Fehn and Ulrike S. Rettig], pp. (168)-176

[14].

Portrayal of the Elderly in Stefan Zweig’s Novella “Vierundzwanzig Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau” [Gerd Schneider], pp. (177)-185

[15].

Zweig as Dramatist [Peter J. Marcris], pp. (186)-194

[16].

The Spirit of Humanism as Reflected in Stefan Zweig’s Dramatic Works [Donald G. Daviau], pp. (195)-209

[17].

Stefan Zweig’s “Big Balzac” [Joseph Strelka], pp. (210)-216

Zweig and Richard Strauss[A. Cutler Silliman, Coordinator]

[18].

Zweig’s Contribution to Strauss Opera after Die schweigsame Frau - New Evidence [Bryan Gilliam], pp. (217)-226

[19].

Politics and Psychology of Die schweigsame Frau [Michael P. Steinberg], pp. (227)-235

Zweig the Correspondent [John Saulitis, Coordinator]

[20].

Stefan Zweig and Emil Ludwig [Johanna Roden], pp. (236)-245

Zweig the Emigrant [Robert Rie, Coordinator]

[21].

Stefan Zweig - A Wanderer between Two Worlds [Editha S. Neumann], pp. (246)-253

[22].

Emigration - A Contributing Factor to Stefan Zweig’s Suicide [Rosi Cohen], pp. (254)-261

Zweig in Brazil [Osvaldo Chinchon, Coordinator]

[23].

Brazil As Seen by Stefan Zweig [Sonja Karsen], pp. (262)-268

[24].

Beyond Memory - Stefan Zweig’s Last Days [Erdmute Wenzel White], pp. (269)-275

[25].

Stefan Zweig and Georges Bernanos in Brazil - An Encounter [Jean-Jacques Lafaye], pp. (276)-281

[26].

The Zweigs and Gabriela Mistral in Petropolis [Frances Hernandez], pp. (282)-288

[27].

Death in Paradise - Some Revelations About Stefan Zweig’s Presence in Brazil [Alberto Dines], pp. (289)-301

Closing Address

[28].

The Burning Secret of Stephen Branch, or a Cautionary Tale About a Physician Who Could Not Heal Himself [Harry Zohn], pp. (302)-313

Appendix: Zweig Today

[29].

Zweig in Film [Mimi Grossberg], pp. (314)-319

[30].

Comments on Letter from an Unknown Woman [Henry Salerno, Carol Brownson, Robert Deming, David Meerse, James Shokoff], pp. (320)-323

[31].

The State of Stefan Zweig Research - An Update [Randolph J. Klawiter], pp. (324)-340

[32].

Symposium Program, pp. (341)-343

[33].

Index [compiled by Yvonne Wilensky], pp. (344)-357