Stefan Zweig and World Literature

Mark H. Gelber, geboren in New York, Studium an Universitäten in USA, Deutschland, Frankreich, Österreich, Israel. Seit 1980 an der Ben-Gurion Universität, Beer Sheva (Israel) tätig. Gastforscher bzw. Gastprofessur in USA, Österreich, Slowenien, Neuseeland, Belgien, Deutschland. Seit 2007 Leiter des Zentrums für österreichische und deutsche Studien, Beer Sheva. Veranstaltete zwei internationale Stefan Zweig Kongresse in Israel, sowie initiierte und mitorganisierte den ersten internationalen Stefan Zweig Kongress in Salzburg, 1992.

The twenty-first century has seen a renewed surge of cultural and critical interest in the works of the Austrian-Jewish author Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), who was among the most-read and -acclaimed authors worldwide in the 1920s and 1930s but after 1945 fell into critical disfavor and relative obscurity. The resurgence in interest in Zweig and his works is attested to by, among other things, new English translations and editions of his works; a Brazilian motion picture and a best-selling French novel abouthis final days; and a renewed debate surrounding the literary quality of his work in the London Review of Books. This global return to Zweig calls for a critical reassessment of his legacy and works, which the current collection of essays provides by approaching them from a global perspective as opposed to the narrow European focus through which they have been traditionally approached. Together, the introduction and twelve essays engage the totality of Zweig's published and unpublished works from his drama and his fiction to his letters and his biographies, and from his literary and art criticism to his autobiography.

IntroductionA Stefan Zweig Revival? - Birger VanwesenbeeckStefan Zweig's Drama Jeremias in Context - John Warren"That Voice in the Darkness!": Technologies of the Tropical Talking Cure in Stefan Zweig's Der Amokläufer and Verwirrung der Gefühle - Geoffrey Winthrop-YoungNarrating Alterity: Stefan Zweig, Emmanuel Levinas, and the Trauma of Redemption - Robert Weldon WhalenStefan Zweig and the Concept of World Literature - Mark H. GelberLandscape, "Heimat," and Artistic Production: Stefan Zweig's Introduction to E. M. Lilien: Sein Werk - Richard V. BensonStefan Zweig's Non-fictional Prose in Exile: Mastery of the European Genre of "Kunstprosa" - Klaus WeissenbergerThe Writer's Political Obligations in Exile: The Case of Stefan Zweig - Robert KelzTrue to Himself: Stefan Zweig's Visit to Argentina in September 1936 - Darien J. DavisExile and Liminality in "A Land of the Future": Charlotte and Stefan Zweig in Brazil, August 1941-March 1942 - Marlen EcklStefan Zweig's Concept of Brazil in the Context of German-Jewish Emigration - Klemens RenoldnerStefan Zweig: Life in Cities of Exile - Jeffrey B. BerlinNotes on the ContributorsIndex