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Autore |
Zweig Stefan <1881-1942.> |
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Titolo |
Stefan and Lotte Zweig's South American letters : New York, Argentina and Brazil, 1940-42 / / edited by Darien J. Davis and Oliver Marshall |
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New York, : Continuum, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-27177-X |
9786613271778 |
1-4411-3512-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ZweigLotte <1908-1942.> |
DavisDarien J. <1964-> |
MarshallOliver <1957-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Authors, Austrian - 20th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Letters from Brazil and Argentina: 14 August 1940 to 22 January 1941; Part II: New York Interlude: 24 January to 15 August 1941; Part III: Letters from Brazil: 24 August 1941 to 22 February 1942; Part IV: Postscript: Letter from Ernst Feder: 5 March 1942; Dramatis personae; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This title presents the previously unpublished letters of a major twentieth-century writer and his wife. Born in Vienna in 1881, Stefan Zweig was one of the most respected authors of his time. Foreseeing Nazi Germany's domination of Europe, Zweig left Austria in 1933. In 1941, following a successful lecture tour of South America and several months in New York, Stefan Zweig and his wife Lotte emigrated to Brazil. Despairing at Europe's future and feeling increasingly isolated, the Zweigs committed suicide together in 1942. Stefan Zweig was an incessant correspondent but as the 1930's progressed, |
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