The Democratic Dream: Stefan Heym in America

ISBN-13: 9783906768533 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 148 str.

Opis

As the young editor of the New York based Deutsches Volksecho, Stefan Heym had to reconcile his responsibility as a journalist with his personal animosity towards the Nazi State and the disillusionment felt by exiles during the Great Depression. The result of this reconciliation, which drew upon his experience as a writer in pre World War II Germany and the democratic ideals of his newly adopted country, was a philosophy of democracy, citizenship and public debate that guided Heym s literary and political activities through the rest of his life.
Identifying this philosophy as a precursor to Habermas theory of the public sphere, The Democratic Dream traces the development of Heym s beliefs through his writings at the Deutsches Volksecho and its further evolution through Heym s early American novels: Hostages, The Crusaders and Goldsborough."

Recenzje

«She [the author] has advanced Heym- and exile scholarship, and she has drawn a searching and accurate portrait of a controversial individual and a writer of great integrity.» (Guy Stern, German Quarterly)
«Focusing on Stefan Heym's years in the United States and his oeuvre written in English, Hahn provides the reader with exceptionally well-researched insights into the political and intellectual development of this prominent German-Jewish exile author. [...]'The Democratic Dream: Stefan Heym in America' stands as a most welcome and overdue addition to the scholarship of German exile studies. [...] Thoroughly researched and well written, I consider the book a significant scholary accomplishment.» (Dieter Sevin, German Studies Review)

Spis treści

Contents: Stefan Heym: Hostages, The Crusaders, Goldsborough - German Exile Literature - Antifascists in the U.S. - Participatory democracy and the public sphere - Deutsches Volksecho - Antifascist German Americans.

O autorze

The Author: Regina U. Hahn (1953) holds a B.A. from Bucknell University, a Staatsexamen and an M.A. from Heidelberg University in Germany and a Ph.D. from The University of Chicago. She has taught at Toyei Boarding School in the Navaho Reservation, at Bucknell University, at The University of Chicago and since 1995 serves as Assistant Professor at DePaul University in Chicago.