A Symposium at the State University College at Fredonia, New York. Co-Coordinators Marion Sonnenfeld and Yvonne Wilensky. Banquet: Robert Rie, Professor Emeritus, Master of Ceremonies. Welcome to Fredonia: J. Carter Rowland, Vice President for Academic Affairs. Welcome on behalf of the Republic of Austria: Symposium Co-Sponsor, Fritz Cocron, Director, Austrian Institute, New York.
Keynote
[1].
Georg Iggers [State University of New York, Buffalo, NY]. Some Introductory Observations on Stefan Zweig’s ‘World of Yesterday’
[2].
Wilma Iggers [Canisius College, Buffalo, NY]. ‘The World of Yesterday’ in the View of an Intellectual Historian
Zweig the European [Andrée Pénot, Coordinator]
[3].
Helene M. Kastinger Riley [Yale University, New Haven, CT]. The Quest for Reason - Stefan Zweig’s and Romain Rolland’s Struggle for Pan-European Unity
[4].
Brenda Keiser [University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA]. Stefan Zweig, the Man of the Hour and the Consistent Humanist
Zweig and Judaism [George Browder, Coordinator]
5.
Leo Spitzer [Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH]. Into the Bourgeoisie - A Study of the Family of Stefan Zweig and Jewish Social Mobility during the Time of the Emancipation
6.
Leon Botstein [Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY]. Stefan Zweig, Jewish Assimilation and the Popularization of European Culture
7.
Klara Carmely [California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA]. The Ideal of Eternal Homelessness - Stefan Zweig and Judaism
Zweig and the Social Sciences [Julius Paul, Coordinator]
8.
Stephen Howard Garrin [University of Texas, Austin, TX]. History as Literature - Stefan Zweig’s ‘Sternstunden der Menschheit’
9.
Lionel B. Steiman [University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada]. The Worm in the Rose - Historical Destiny and Individual Action in Stefan Zweig’s Vision of History
'Zweig the Humanizer in Literature [Marion Sonnenfeld, Coordinator]
10.
David Turner [University of Hull, Hull, England]. The Humane Ideal in Stefan Zweig’s Novellen - Some Complications and Limitations
11.
Ann Clark Fehn and Ulrike S. Rettig [Harvard University, Cambridge, MA]. Narrative Perspective and Psychological Analysis in Stefan Zweig’s ‘Angst’
12.
Gerd Schneider [University of Syracuse, Syracuse, NY]. Portrayal of the Elderly in Three Novellas of Stefan Zweig
13.
Peter J. Macris [State University of New York, Oneonta, NY]. Zweig as Dramatist
14.
Donald Daviau [University of California, Riverside, CA]. The Spirit of Humanism as Reflected in Stefan Zweig’s Dramatic Works
15.
Joseph P. Strelka [State University of New York, Albany, NY]. Zweig’s Balzac Novel
Zweig in Concert [Harry John Brown, Coordinator]
Zweig and Strauss A. Cutler-Silliman, Coordinator]
16.
Steven Cerf [Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME]. Stefan Zweig as Librettist
17.
Bryan Gilliam [Harvard University, Cambridge, MA]. The Influence of Stefan Zweig on the Late Operatic Work of Richard Strauss
18.
Michael P. Steinberg [Chicago, Illinois]. Tragic Sensibility and Comic Opera: Zweig’s ‘Schweigsame Frau’
Zweig the Correspondent [John Saulitis, Coordinator]
19.
Jeffrey B. Berlin [Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science>Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA]. Stefan Zweig and His American Publisher
20.
Johanna Roden [California State University, Long Beach, CA]. Stefan Zweig and Emil Ludwig
RESEARCH
21.
Randolph J. Klawiter [University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN]. The State of Stefan Zweig Research. An Update
Zweig the Emigrant [Robert Rie, Coordinator]
22.
Editha S. Neumann [University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS]. Zweig, the Wanderer between Two Worlds
23.
Rosi Cohen [University of California, Los Angeles, CA]. Emigration, a Contributing Factor to Zweig’s Suicide
Zweig in Brazil [Osvaldo Chinchon, Coordinator]
24.
Sonja Karsen [Skidmore College, Sioux Falls, SD]. Brazil as Seen by Stefan Zweig
25.
Erdmute Wenzel White [Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN]. Rio - The Exile of a Literary Establishment
26.
Frances Hernandez [University of Texas, El Paso, TX]. The Zweigs and Gabriela Mistral in Petropolis
27.
Jean-Jacques Lafaye [Paris, France]. Stefan Zweig and Georges Bernanos in Brazil - An Encounter
28.
Alberto Dines [Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]. Death in Paradise
Stefan Zweig's ‘Thersites’ [Translated by Marion Sonnenfeld. Reader’s Theatre Version by Jack Cogdill]
Zweig in Film
29.
Mimi Grossberg [New York City, NY]. Zweig in Film and Television
30.
Screening of ‘Letter from an Unknown Woman’
31.
Panel discussion of the film [Henry Salerno, Coordinator]. Panelists: Carol Brownson, Robert Deming, David Meerse, James Shokoff
Closing Address
32.
Harry Zohn [Brandeis University, Waltham, MA]. The Burning Secret of Stephen Branch or A Cautionary Tale about a Physician Who Could Not Heal Himself