Stefan Heym - The Perpetual Dissident

Stefan Heym was Hitler's youngest literary exile. This is the first full-length study of his work to appear in English.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The early years: revolt and exile; 3. First novels: the Nazi enemy; 4. Writing for causes: unpopular political statements; 5. Return to Germany: the struggles of the fifties; 6. The uses of history: methods of the sixties; 7. The uses of literature: Defoe, and the Bible; 8. Centre of controversy again: Honecker's first period; 9. An easier struggle: the eighties; 10. The achievement; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

This is a personal account of the significant journey of one naïve teenager, undertaking his two years of National Service in the Royal Artillery, from leaving school to serving in the almost-forgotten and little-understood United Nations Korean War.

Summary

Stefan Heym was Hitler's youngest literary exile. This book, the first full-length study of Heym to appear in English, outlines his exciting career, which culminated in his becoming the major dissident of the German Democratic Republic. As well as considering journalism and fiction, Peter Hutchinson discusses Heym's early poetry and drama.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Hutchinson
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.07.1992
• EAN: 9780521404389
• ISBN: 978-0-521-40438-9
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 510 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in German; Cambridge Studies in German
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, Germany, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form