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Frontmatter
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Bronislava Volková
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Contents 5
- Acknowledgements 7
- Introduction: A General History of Concepts of Exile 11
- 1. Exile as Expulsion and Wandering: Joseph Roth, Sholem Aleichem, Stefan Zweig 20
- 2. Exile as Aesthetic Revolt and an Inward Turn: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Robert Musil, Hermann Broch 27
- 3. Exile as Social Renewal: Theodor Herzl, Max Nordau 31
- 4. Exile as Resistance and a Moral Stance: Karl Kraus, Arthur Schnitzler 35
- 5. Exile as Gender Marginalization and the Independence of the Femme Fatale: Alma Mahler 40
- 6. Exile as an Escape from Patriarchal Oppression: Franz Werfel 44
- 7. Exile as Anxiety and Involuntary Memory: Franz Kafka, Sigmund Freud, Marcel Proust, Bruno Schulz 47
- 8. Exile as Doom and Revenge: Hermann Ungar 52
- 9. Exile as a Loss of Identity: Saul Friedländer 55
- 10. Exile as Abandonment: Peter Weiss 60
- 11. Exile as Bearing Witness: Elie Wiesel 67
- 12. Exile as Dehumanization: Primo Levi 74
- 13. Exile as an Awakening of Consciousness: Jiří Weil, Ladislav Fuks, Arnošt Lustig 80
- 14. Exile as a Feeling of Meaninglessness: Egon Hostovský 87
- 15. Exile as Transformation and a Will to Meaning: Viktor Frankl, Simon Wiesenthal 90
- Conclusion 101
- Bibliography 104
- Index 114
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Contents 5
- Acknowledgements 7
- Introduction: A General History of Concepts of Exile 11
- 1. Exile as Expulsion and Wandering: Joseph Roth, Sholem Aleichem, Stefan Zweig 20
- 2. Exile as Aesthetic Revolt and an Inward Turn: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Robert Musil, Hermann Broch 27
- 3. Exile as Social Renewal: Theodor Herzl, Max Nordau 31
- 4. Exile as Resistance and a Moral Stance: Karl Kraus, Arthur Schnitzler 35
- 5. Exile as Gender Marginalization and the Independence of the Femme Fatale: Alma Mahler 40
- 6. Exile as an Escape from Patriarchal Oppression: Franz Werfel 44
- 7. Exile as Anxiety and Involuntary Memory: Franz Kafka, Sigmund Freud, Marcel Proust, Bruno Schulz 47
- 8. Exile as Doom and Revenge: Hermann Ungar 52
- 9. Exile as a Loss of Identity: Saul Friedländer 55
- 10. Exile as Abandonment: Peter Weiss 60
- 11. Exile as Bearing Witness: Elie Wiesel 67
- 12. Exile as Dehumanization: Primo Levi 74
- 13. Exile as an Awakening of Consciousness: Jiří Weil, Ladislav Fuks, Arnošt Lustig 80
- 14. Exile as a Feeling of Meaninglessness: Egon Hostovský 87
- 15. Exile as Transformation and a Will to Meaning: Viktor Frankl, Simon Wiesenthal 90
- Conclusion 101
- Bibliography 104
- Index 114
