The Democratic Dream: Stefan Heym in America (Interdisciplinary) - Softcover
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.
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About the Author:
Regina U. Hahn (1953) holds a B.A. from Bucknell University, a
Review:
« Focusing on Stefan Heym's years in the United States and bis 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. [...]'Tbe 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.raquo;
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- PublisherPeter Lang Publishing
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0820458651
- ISBN 13 9780820458656
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages148
- EditorStephan Professor Alexander
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