Herbert Arlt Foreword (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ariadne Press [Published Date: 1995]. Hardcover, 395 pp. Some essays in English and some in German (not translated). No other printings listed. Very good in very good condition. Red cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a few small nicks and light creasing along edges. light overall scuffing to jacket as well with a bit of the color scuffed off along the back cover and edges. Now in an archival-quality Brodart Cover NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [From back cover] Jura Soyfer's rise from relative obscurity in his own time to a literary prominence that has elevated him to inclusion in the literary canon today must be regarded as one of the unique occurrences of twentieth-century Austrian literary history. His significance as one of the few fearless Austrian writers of his time who took a direct and uncompromising stance against National Socialism has been augmented in recent years by examinations of his writings which demonstrate not only their political importance both as a strong voice of resistance to Hitler and as a perceptive criticism of Austria's internal weaknesses and flaws, but also their literary qualities. The essays contained in this volume document clearly that Soyfer's achievements merit the international critical attention and the respect that they are being accorded today. When one recognizes that these exceptional contributions were made by a young man who had the misfortune to die at the age of twenty-seven, one has to esteem him even more as a peer of Georg B?chner and Heinrich von Kleist.