Encounters and Destinies. A Farewell to Europe

[2020]: Pushkin Press, London

Stefan Zweig. Encounters and Destinies. A Farewell to Europe. Edited, translated, and with an introduction by Will Stone. 249/(7)p.

Contents:

[1].

Introduction [Will Stone, Exmoor, 2020], pp. 9-25

[2].

The Return of Gustav Mahler (1915), pp. (27)-39 ["Gustav Mahlers Wiederkehr" in Neue Freie Presse [Wien], 25 April 1915, pp. (1)-4]

[3].

Memories of Emile Verhaeren (1917), pp. (41)-99 ["Erinnerungen an Emile Verhaeren". A private printing, Wien, 1917]

[4].

Arthur Schnitzler on His Sixtieth Birthday (1922), pp. (101)-106 ["Arthur Schnitzler. Zu seinem sechzigsten Geburtstag 15. Mai 1922" in Neue Rundschau [Berlin], 33:5 [May 1922], pp. 498-513. Stefan Zweig's contribution, pp. 510-513]

[5].

Frans Masereel. Man and Creator (1923), pp. (107)-119 ["Frans Masereel. Der Man und Bildner" in Neue Freie Presse [Wien], 4 November 1923], pp. (1)-4

[6].

Marcel Proust's Tragic Life Course (1925), pp. (121)-130 ["Marcel Prousts tragischer Lebenslauf" in Neue Freie Presse [Wien], 27 September 1925, pp. 27-28]

[7].

A Thank You to Romain Rolland (1926), pp. (131)-135 ["(Dank an Romain Rolland)" in "Dichter und Denker über Romain Rolland. (Huldigungen zum sechzigsten Geburtstage, 29. Januar 1926)" in Neue Freie Presse [Wien], 24 January 1926, pp. 29-30. Stefan Zweig's contribution, p. 30]

[8].

A Farewell to Rilke (Speech Given at the Munich Staatstheater) (1927), pp. (137)-155 ["Gedenkrede für Rainer Maria Rilke" (Address delivered at the Münchner Staatstheater, 20 February 1927)] in Neue Freie Presse [Wien], 20 February 1927, pp. (1)-4. Expanded version: Abschied von Rilke. Eine Rede. 30p. Tübingen: Wunderlich Verlag, (1928)]

[9].

Notes on Joyce's Ulysses (1928), pp. (157)-163 ["Anmerkung zum Ulysses" in Die Neue Rundschau [Berlin], 39:10 [October 1928], pp. (476)-479]

[10].

Address to Honour Maxim Gorky (On the Poet's Sixtieth Birthday) (1928), pp. (165)-177 ["Rede zu Ehren Maxim Gorkis - Zum sechzigsten Geburtstag des Dichters, 26. März 1928" in Neue Freie Presse [Wien], 25 March 1928, pp. 31-32

[11].

Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Speech Given at the Commemorative Ceremony Organized by the Vienna Burgtheater in Honor of the Poet) (1929], pp. (179)-193 ["Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Gedächtnisrede zur Trauerfeier im Wiener Burgtheater , October 1929]

[12].

Arturo Toscanini. A Life Portrait (1935), pp. (195)-207 [Arturo Toscanini. Ein Bildnis. Wien: Herbert Reichner Verlag, 1935]

[13].

Mater Dolorosa (Letters from Nietzsche's Mother to Overbeck) (1937) ["Mater Dolorosa: Die Briefe von Nietzsches Mutter an Overbeck" in Neues Wiener Tageblatt [Wien], 21 December 1937, pp. 2-3]

[14].

A Farewell to John Drinkwater (1937), pp. (219)-224 ["Schattenspiel des Lebens" in Neues Wiener Journal [Wien], 28 March 1937, p. 8]

[15].

Joseph Roth (Address to the Funeral Service / A eulogy, Conway Hall, London, 24 June 1939) (1939), pp. {225)-239 ["Joseph Roth: Ansprache zur Trauerfeier" in Österreichische Post [Paris], 1 July 1939, pp. (1)-2]

[16].

Words spoken at the Casket of Sigmund Freud (1939), pp. (241)-246 ["Worte am Sarge Sigmund Freuds" (Gesprochen, am 26. September 1939 im Krematorium (Golders Green), London]. 100 copies printed. Amsterdam: Uitgeverji Allert de Lange, 1939

[17].

Details of First Publication, pp. 247-248

[18].

Translator's Acknowledgements, p. 249

[19].

Biographical data concerning Will Stone, p. (250)

[20].

More from Stefan Zweig, p. (251)-(256). Pages (252)-(256) contain photographs of the front covers of five other Stefan Zweig books published by the Pushkin Press: [1]. The World of Yesterday: Memoirs of a European. [2]. Beware of Pity. [3]. The Collected Novellas of Stefan Zweig. [4]. Journeys. [5]. Nietzsche