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Lyon, James Karl was born on February 17, 1934 in Rotterdam, Holland. Son of Technology Edgar and Hermana (Forsberg) Lyon. came to the United States, 1937.
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This work explores the troubled relationship and unfinished intellectual dialogue between Paul Celan, regarded by many as the most important European poet after 1945, and Martin Heidegger, perhaps the most influential figure in twentieth-century philosophy. It centers on the persistent ambivalence Celan, a Holocaust survivor, felt toward a thinker who respected him and at times promoted his poetry. Celan, although strongly affected by Heidegger's writings, struggled to reconcile his admiration of Heidegger's ideas on literature with his revulsion at the thinker's Nazi past. That Celan and Heidegger communicated with each other over a number of years, and in a controversial encounter, met in 1967, is well known. The full duration, extent, and nature of their exchanges and their impact on Celan's poetics has been less understood, however. In the first systematic analysis of their relationship between 1951 and 1970, James K. Lyon describes how the poet and the philosopher read and responded to each other's work throughout the period. He offers new information about their interactions before, during, and after their famous 1967 meeting at Todtnauberg. He suggests that Celan, who changed his account of that meeting, may have contributed to misreadings of his poem "Todtnauberg." Finally, Lyon discusses their two last meetings after 1967 before the poet's death three years later. Drawing heavily on documentary material―including Celan's reading notes on more than two dozen works by Heidegger, the philosopher's written response to the poet's "Meridian" speech, and references to Heidegger in Celan's letters―Lyon presents a focused perspective on this critical aspect of the poet's intellectual development and provides important insights into his relationship with Heidegger, transforming previous conceptions of it.
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This colorful account of Bertolt Brecht's move from Germany to America during the Hitler era explores his activities as a Hollywood writer, a playwright determined to conquer Broadway, a political commentator and activist, a social observer, and an exile in an alien land. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Lyon, James Karl was born on February 17, 1934 in Rotterdam, Holland. Son of Technology Edgar and Hermana (Forsberg) Lyon. came to the United States, 1937.
Bachelor, University Utah, 1958. Master of Arts, University Utah, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1963.
Instructor German, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962-1963; assistant professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966-1971; associate professor, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1971-1974; professor, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 1974-1994; provost Fifth College, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 1987-1994; professor department Germanic and Slavic languages, Brigham Young U., Provo, Utah., since 1994. Visiting professor U. Augsburg, Germany, 1993.
( This colorful account of Bertolt Brecht's move from Ger...)
( This colorful account of Bertolt Brecht's move from Ger...)
( This work explores the troubled relationship and unfini...)
The Holy Ghost is a member of the Godhead, along with God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. The Holy Ghost is one in purpose with the Father and the Son, but is a separate being.
Captain Military Intelligence, United States Army, 1963-1966. Member Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers German, International Brecht. Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Dorothy Ann Burton, December 22, 1959. Children: James, John, Elizabeth, Sarah, Christina, Rebecca, Matthew, Melissa.