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A Life in Two Worlds is the autobiography of a man who lived two lives, one as an Expressionist dramatist in the cultural ferment of Germany's Weimar Republic and the other as eminent teacher and scholar of German literature after his emigration to the United States in 1936. In these pages, Hitler's Germany is seen from the inside, as is American academic life in both its positive and negative aspects. Innovative in its form, this book successfully mirrors the discontinuities and disorder of modern experience. Further, it treats with insight and originality such universal themes as the centrality of choice in human life, the problems of aging, and, particularly relevant in the contemporary world, the fate of the exile and outsider.
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The author: Bernhard Blume, born in Germany in 1901, was a successful playwright in the twenties and early thirties whose work was compared to that of his contemporary Bertolt Brecht. Denied access to the stage by the Nazis in 1933, he emigrated in 1936 with his Jewish wife to the United States where he taught German literature. Blume held, among other positions, the prestigious chair of the Kuno Francke Professorship of German Art and Culture at Harvard. He was a member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung and was awarded the Gold Goethe Medal in 1964. Among his many publications are penetrating studies of Goethe, Thomas Mann, and Rilke.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
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- PublisherPeter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0820417653
- ISBN 13 9780820417653
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages240
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Book Description An Experiment in Autobiography. Translated by Hunter and Hildegarde Hannum. Translation of "Narziss mit Brille". A Life in Two Worlds is the autobiography of a man who lived two lives, one as an Expressionist dramatist in the cultural ferment of Germany's Weimar Republic and the other as eminent teacher and scholar of German literature after his emigration to the United States in 1936. In these pages, Hitler's Germany is seen from the inside, as is American academic life in both its positive and negative aspects. Innovative in its form, this book successfully mirrors the discontinuities and disorder of modern experience. Further, it treats with insight and originality such universal themes as the centrality of choice in human life, the problems of aging, and, particularly relevant in the contemporary world, the fate of the exile and outsider. XII,240 Seiten mit Abb., gebunden (Literature and the Sciences of Man; Vol. 3/Peter Lang Verlag 1992) Mängelexemplar/near mint. Statt EUR 53,95 512 g. Sprache: en. Seller Inventory # 62120
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xii, [6], 240, [4] pages. Illustrations. This is one of the Literature and the Sciences of Man series. Inscribed by one of the translators, Hildegarde Hannum, on the front free endpaper. Inscription reads: For Betty, to add to your impressions of Germany, with love, Hildegarde, April 4, 1993. Includes Foreword, Acknowledgments, Prologue: The Dilemma; The Decision, Watering; Childhood: My Parents; Kosmoria: Escape to an Imaginary World; My "Swabian Heritage"; In the Clutches of National Socialism; Understanding Germany; Powerless and Defenseless; The Inn of the Red Hussar; The Writer on Other Paths; How I Came to Write The Inn of the Red Haussar; The Literature of Exile?; Do I Really Want to Write an Autobiography?; The Old Man and Who's Who; Umberto D; My Dreams; The House on Via Capri; Notes; and A Selected Bibliography of Works by Bernhard Blume. Bernhard Blume, born in Stuttgart, Germany, was a successful and much-discussed dramatist in his native country before his forced emigration to the United States in 1936. The years around 1930 represented the peak of his fame in the theater; it was then that critics, alluding to the famous three B's in music, spoke of the three B's of the Contemporary German stage: Betolt Brecht, Arnolt Bronnen, and Bernhard Blume. Bernhard Blume (7 April 1901 in Stuttgart - 22 July 1978 in La Jolla) was an emigre from Nazi Germany who became a professor of German literature at Mills College, Ohio State University, Harvard University, and the University of California, San Diego. He authored plays, a novel, and an autobiography. A Life in Two Worlds is the autobiography of a man who lived two lives, one as an Expressionist dramatist in the cultural ferment of Germany's Weimar Republic and the other as eminent teacher and scholar of German literature after his emigration to the United States in 1936. In these pages, Hitler's Germany is seen from the inside, as is American academic life in both its positive and negative aspects. Innovative in its form, this book successfully mirrors the discontinuities and disorder of modern experience. Further, it treats with insight and originality such universal themes as the centrality of choice in human life, the problems of aging, and, particularly relevant in the contemporary world, the fate of the exile and outsider. Hunter Grubb Hannum graduated with the class of 1953 at Harvard, where he subsequently received both his MA and Ph.D. after serving in the U.S. Army as a cryptographer stationed in West Germany. He taught German and Comparative Literature in California at UC Berkeley and later Mills College in Oakland, retiring in 1973 as the Head of the Division of Letters. Together with his wife Hildegarde, they then became free-lance literary translators from the German. He also served as an interpreter for the State Department during the Carter Administration, escorting members of the German Bundestag who toured the United States. Hildegarde Hannum received a Ph.D. in German language and literature from Harvard, with a dissertation about the concept of the will in the early fiction of Thomas Mann. Seller Inventory # 82431
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