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020			_a9780300236545 (hbk.)
020			_a0300236549 (hbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)1146565404
050			_aPT2328 _b.P76 2020
100	1		_aProchnik, George.
245	1	0	_aHeinrich Heine : _bwriting the revolution / _cGeorge Prochnik.
260			_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c[2020]
300			_a319 p.
490	1		_aJewish lives
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aA thematically rich, provocative, and lyrical study of one of Germany's most important, world-famous, and imaginative writers. Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) was a virtuoso German poet, satirist, and visionary humanist whose dynamic life story and strikingly original writing are ripe for rediscovery. In this vividly imagined exploration of Heine's life and work, George Prochnik contextualizes Heine's biography within the different revolutionary political, literary, and philosophical movements of his age. He also explores the insights Heine offers contemporary readers into issues of social justice, exile, and the role of art in nurturing a more equitable society. Heine wrote that in his youth he resembled "a large newspaper of which the upper half contained the present, each day with its news and debates, while in the lower half, in a succession of dreams, the poetic past was recorded fantastically like a series of feuilletons." This book explores the many dualities of Heine's nature, bringing to life a fully dimensional character while also casting into sharp relief the reasons his writing and personal story matter urgently today.
600	1	4	_aHeine, Heinrich, _d1797-1856.
650		4	_aAuthors, German _y19th century _xBiography.
830		0	_aJewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
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