Background
Prawer, Siegbert Salomon was born on February 15, 1925. Son of Marcus and Eleonora Prawer.
(In this edition, which was originally published in 1961, ...)
In this edition, which was originally published in 1961, Dr Prawer follows his study of the Buch der Lieder with a full-length study of the later works of Heine. A brief introductory study of the Buch der Lieder is followed by detailed treatment of Neue Gesichte, Atta Troll, Deutdchland, ein Wintermärchen, Romanzero, Gedichte 1853 und 1854, and the poems in the posthumous Letzte Gedichte und Gedanken. Dr Prawer extracts and relates to Heine's life the underlying themes in his poetry; those, and the consistent careful analysis of the poems, makes his book an excellent introduction to the poet's work.
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(Comparative literature a term casually used by Matthew Ar...)
Comparative literature a term casually used by Matthew Arnold in 1840's is an imprecise description of an important field of criticism. This book, by an author equally at home in English, American and continental literature, makes a new attempt to clarify and codify the subject. Professor Prawer discusses the search for national character in literature, and the study of contacts between cultures, such as analogy, translation and adaption The metamorphosis of themes and motifs, the reocurrance of topoi, conventions and literary devices of various kins, the uses of myth and the concept of genre and period, are all scrutinized for their value in comparative studies.
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“Very few men,” said Bakunin, “have read as much, and, it may be added, have read as intelligently, as M. Marx.” S. S. Prawer’s highly influential work explores how the world of imaginative literature—poems, novels, plays—infused and shaped Marx’s writings, from his unpublished correspondence, to his pamphlets and major works. In exploring Marx’s use of literary texts, from Aeschylus to Balzac, and the central role of art and literature in the development of his critical vision, Karl Marx and World Literature is a forensic masterpiece of critical analysis.
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(The book seeks to combine Thackeray's many decisions rega...)
The book seeks to combine Thackeray's many decisions regarding, and comments on, Jews and Judaism, from Old Testament times to his own present, into a chronologically ordered narrative. Texts and early versions that have not found their way into the collected editions are considered alongside well-known passages from "Barry Lyndon", "Vanity Fair", "The Newcomers" and "Rebecca and Rowena". Since Thackeray illustrated many of his own works, graphic illustrations are also chronicled and considered. The writings and drawings examined are set in a fourfold context: Thackeray's own life, psychological make-up, and developing art and opinions; the social history of Britain and its Jews; British and European literary and graphic conventions, traditions, and stereotypes; and the interplay of prejudice or animus with an essential British fairmindedness that strives to present as truthful a picture as the author's limited perspectives, or satiric and humorous purposes, will allow.
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Jews have been well represented in the cinema industry from the beginning of the film era: behind the screen, as producers, distributors, directors, script-writers, composers, set designers; and on the screen, as Jewish actors and as named Jewish characters in the film's plot. Some of these characters are fictional; others, ranging from Rabbi Loew of Prague to Ferdinand Lassalle and Alfred Dreyfus, have a historic original. This book examines how a variety of German and Austrian films treat aspects of Jewish life, at home and in the synagogue, and Jewish interaction with fellow Jews in different cultural environments; conflicts and accommodations between Jews and non-Jews at various times, ranging from the medieval to the contemporary. The author, one of the best known scholars in film history, theory and criticism, offers the reader a rich panorama of the many Jews involved in all spheres of the cinema and who, as the author reminds us repeatedly, together with their non-Jewish contemporaries, created a great industry and new forms of art.
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( Jews have been well represented in the cinema industry...)
Jews have been well represented in the cinema industry from the beginning of the film era: behind the screen, as producers, distributors, directors, script-writers, composers, set designers; and on the screen, as Jewish actors and as named Jewish characters in the film's plot. Some of these characters are fictional; others, ranging from Rabbi Loew of Prague to Ferdinand Lassalle and Alfred Dreyfus, have a historic original. This book examines how a variety of German and Austrian films treat aspects of Jewish life, at home and in the synagogue, and Jewish interaction with fellow Jews in different cultural environments; conflicts and accommodations between Jews and non-Jews at various times, ranging from the medieval to the contemporary. The author, one of the best known scholars in film history, theory and criticism, offers the reader a rich panorama of the many Jews involved in all spheres of the cinema and who, as the author reminds us repeatedly, together with their non-Jewish contemporaries, created a great industry and new forms of art. S. S. Prawer is a Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, the British Academy, and the German Academy of Language and Literature.
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(“Very few men,” said Bakunin, “have read as much, and, it...)
“Very few men,” said Bakunin, “have read as much, and, it may be added, have read as intelligently, as M. Marx.” S. S. Prawer’s highly influential work explores how the world of imaginative literature—poems, novels, plays—infused and shaped Marx’s writings, from his unpublished correspondence, to his pamphlets and major works. In exploring Marx’s use of literary texts, from Aeschylus to Balzac, and the central role of art and literature in the development of his critical vision, Karl Marx and World Literature is a forensic masterpiece of critical analysis. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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educator teacher writer author
Prawer, Siegbert Salomon was born on February 15, 1925. Son of Marcus and Eleonora Prawer.
Master of Arts, Doctor of Letters, Cambridge University, England, 1950. Master of Arts, Doctor of Letters, Oxford University, England, 1969. Master of Arts, Doctor of Letters, Birmingham, England.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Birmingham, 1953. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Birmingham, 1988. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Cologne, 1984.
Adelaide Stoll research student, Christ's College, Cambridge University, 1948.
Teacher and author; Assistant Lecturer, then Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham 1948-1963. Professor, of German, Westfield College, London University 1964-1969. Taylor Professor, of German Language and Literature, Oxford 1969-1986, Professor Emeritus since 1986.
Co-editor, Oxford Germanic Studies 1971-1975, Anglica Germanica 1973-1979. Visiting Professor City College, New York 1956-1957, University of Chicago 1963-1964, Harvard University 1968, Hamburg University 1969, University of California, Irvine 1975, Otago University, New Zealand 1976, University of Pittsburgh 1977, Australian National University, Canberra 1980, Brandeis University 1981-1982. Resident Fellow, Knox College, Dunedin, New Zealand 1976.
Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford since 1969, Dean of Degrees since 1975. Honorary Director London University Institute of Germanic Studies 1967-1969, Honorary Fellow 1986. President British Comparative Literature Association 1984-1987, Honorary Fellow 1989.
(This selection of post World War II German poetry feature...)
(Jews have been well represented in the cinema industry fr...)
( Jews have been well represented in the cinema industry...)
(The book seeks to combine Thackeray's many decisions rega...)
(In this edition, which was originally published in 1961, ...)
(Comparative literature a term casually used by Matthew Ar...)
(“Very few men,” said Bakunin, “have read as much, and, it...)
(“Very few men,” said Bakunin, “have read as much, and, it...)
Author: German Lyric Poetry, 1952. Mörike und seiner Leser, 1960, Heine's Buch der Lieder: A Critical Study, 1960, Heine: The Tragic Satirist, 1962, The Penguin Book of Lieder, 1964, The Uncanny in Literature (inaugural lecture), 1965, Heine's Shakespeare, A Study in Contexts (inaugural lecture), 1970, Comparative Literary Studies: An Introduction, 1973, Karl Marx and World Literature, 1976, Caligari's Children: The Film as Tale of Terror, 1980, Heine's Jewish Comedy: A Study of His Portraits of Jews and Judaism, 1983, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in Germany and Australian Film 1910-1933, 2005. Editor: (with R.H. Thomas and L.W. Forster) Essays in German Language, Culture and Society, 1969, The Romantic Period in Germany, 1970, Seventeen Modern German Poets, 1971, Frankenstein's Island: England and the English in the Writings of Heinrich Heine, 1986, Israel at Vanity Fair Jews and Judaism in the Writings of W.M. Thackeray, 1992, Breeches and Metaphysics: Thackeray's German Discourse, 1997, W.M. Thackeray's European Sketch Books, 2000, Sternberg's The Blue Angel: A Film Classic, 2002.Herzog's Nosferatu: A Film Classic, 2004, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933, 2005. Editor (screenplay) Das Kabinett des Doctor Caligari, 1996. Co-editor Oxford German Studies, 1971-1975, Anglica Germanica, 1973-1979.Contributor numerous articles on German, English and comparative literature to professional journals.
Fellow British Academy, German Academy Language and Literature, London University Institute Germanic and Romance Studies (honorary), British Comparative Literature Association (honorary, president 1984-1986). Member Modern Language Association (honorary), English Goethe Society (president 1990-1994, vice president since 1994).
Portrait drawing.
Married Helga Alice Schaefer, 1949. 4 children.