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Gleanings in Europe, France

James Fenimore Cooper ; historical introduction and explanatory notes by Thomas Philbrick ; text established by Thomas Philbrick and Constance Ayers Denne

(The writings of James Fenimore Cooper)

State University of New York Press, c1983

  • : pbk.

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France

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Includes index

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ISBN 9780873953689

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France (1837) was the third volume published in Cooper's Gleanings in Europe series, but first in the chronology of his European experience. Less sequential than his other travel narratives, France distills his impressions of French and European culture during his first two years abroad. Exhibiting many qualities of the familiar essay, it considers a wide range of topics of interest to Cooper, his friends, and potential readers in the United States. As a celebrity thoroughly at home in the brilliant society of Bourbon Paris, Cooper was able to provide fascinating glimpses of personalities, spectacles, institutions, and manners—from his distinctly American perspective. Indeed, as Professor Philbrick remarks, "No other of Cooper's works, perhaps, brings us closer to his speaking voice or puts us more directly in contact with the man himself, with all his idiosyncratic preoccupations, his quick resentments, his restless curiosity, his surprising humor, and his nobility of principle." The reader of this edition is brought even closer to Cooper in the draft of a hitherto unpublished letter, probably intended for this book, which illustrates Cooper's grasp of the still finer points of French customs and attitudes.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Illustrations Historical Introduction Preface Gleanings in Europe: France Explanatory Notes Appendix A. Bentley's analytical Table of Contents Appendix B. Cooper's manuscript letter on France Textual Commentary Textual Notes Emendations Word-Division Index
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: pbk. ISBN 9780873955997

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Fifty years ago, Stefan Zweig, who committed suicide in 1942, was the most widely read and translated living writer in the world. Zweig's Vienna was a world of bright, brittle superficialities, in which the bourgeoisie "gradually elevated the eternal business of seeing and being seen to the purpose of the existence." To break through the facades of this society, Zweig developed a remarkable literary and psychological method. In The World of Yesterday's Humanist Today, thirty scholars of history, literature, and music share their studies of Zweig and their insight into his works.

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Preface Keynoters Georg Iggers, Some Introductory Observations on Stefan Zweig's World of Yesterday Wilma Iggers, The World of Yesterday in the View of an Intellectual Historian Zweig and France Andree Penot, Coordinator Helene Kastinger Riley, The Quest for Reason: Stefan Zweig's and Romain Rolland's Struggle for Pan-European Unity Brenda Keiser, Stefan Zweig: The Man of the Hour and the Consistent Humanist Clair Hoch, Friendship and Kinship between Georges Duhamel and Stefan Zweig Zweig and Judaism George Browder, Coordinator Leo Spitzer, Into the Bourgeoisie: A Study of the Family of Stefan Zweig and Jewish Social Mobility, 1750-1880) Leon Botstein, Stefan Zweig and the Illusion of the Jewish European Klara Carmely, The Ideal of Eternal Homelessness: Stefan Zweig and Judaism Zweig's Interpretation of History Julius Paul, Coordinator Stephen Howard Garrin, History As Literature: Stefan Zweig's Sternstunden der Menschheit Lionel B. Steiman, The Worm in the Rose: Historical Destiny and Individual Action in Stefan Zweig's Vision of History Zweig the Humanizer in Literature Marion Sonnenfeld, Coordinator David Turner, The Humane Ideal in Stefan Zweig's Noyelle: Some Complications and Limitations Anne Clark Fehn and Ulrike S. Rettig, Narrative Technique and Psychological Analysis in Two Novellas by Stefan Zweig Gerd Schneider, Portrayal of the Elderly in Stefan Zweig's Novella "Vierundzwanzig Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau" Peter J. Marcris, Zweig As Dramatist Donald G. Daviau, The Spirit of Humanism as Reflected in Stefan Zweig's Dramatic Works Joseph Strelka, Stefan Zweig's "Big Balzac" Zweig and Richard Strauss A. Cutler Silliman, Coordinator Bryan Gilliam, Zweig's Contribution to Strauss Opera and Die Schweigsame Frau: New Evidence Michael P. Steinberg, Politics and Psychology of Die Schweigsame Frau Zweig the Coorespondent John Saulitis, Coordinator Johanna Roden, Stefan Zweig and Emil Ludwig Zweig the Emigrant Robert Rie, Coordinator Editha S. Neumann, Stefan Zweig: A Wanderer between Two Worlds Rosi Cohen, Emigration: a Contributing Factor to Stefan Zweig's Suicide Zweig in Brazil Osvaldo Chinchon, Coordinator Sonja Karsen, Brazil As Seen by Stefan Zweig Erdmute Wenzel White, Beyond Memory: Stefan Zweig's Last Days Jean-Jacques Lafaye, Stefan Zweig and Georges Bernanos in Brazil: An Encounter Frances Hernandez, The Zweigs and Gabriela Mistral in Petropolis  Alberto Dines, Death in Paradise: Some Revelations About Stefan Zweig's Presence in Brazil Closing Address Harry Zohn, The Buring Secret of Stephen Branch, or a Cautionary Tale About a Physician Who Could Not Heal Himself Appendix: Zweig Today Mimi Grossberg, Zweig in Film Henry Salerno, Carol Brownson, Robert Deming, David Meerse, James Shokoff, Comments on Letter from an Unknown Woman Randolph Klawiter, The State of Stefan Zweig Research: An Update Symposium Program Index compiled by Yvonne Wilensky

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