Stefan Heym - The Perpetual Dissident

Stefan Heym's uncompromising stance made him unpopular with a succession of political regimes. The Nazis, the CIA and the East German secret police all held files on him. He was Hitler's youngest literary exile; McCarthyism was to drive him from the USA; and even in what appeared his natural home - the first socialist state on German soil - he was to become the country's leading dissident. By continuing to compose in both English and German, however, he maintained an international reputation, and has been translated into over twenty languages. This study traces Heym's career principally by reference to his novels, journalism, and political essays, from his earliest works. All his novels are analysed, the major ones in depth, and English translations of all German quotations are provided. Peter Hutchinson focuses particularly on Heym's battles against Stalinism and censorship, and the way in which his courageous defiance of a repressive regime inspired others and paved the way for the 'new' eastern literature of the eighties.

Table des matières

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.

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Peter Hutchinson
• Edition: Cambridge Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 09.07.1992
• EAN: 9780521404389
• ISBN: 978-0-521-40438-9
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Poids: 510 g
• Thèmes: Cambridge Studies in German; Cambridge Studies in German
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature anglaises; 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