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Jeremias Eine dramatische Dichtung in neun Bildern

By Stefan Zweig

2020-12-02 15:07:03

Jeremiah: A Drama in Nine Scenes, or Jeremias, is a 1917 play written in German by Stefan Zweig. Written while he was a soldier, it reflects his pacifist sentiments and Jewish religious background, and ends with the line "A people can be put in c ... Read more
Jeremiah: A Drama in Nine Scenes, or Jeremias, is a 1917 play written in German by Stefan Zweig. Written while he was a soldier, it reflects his pacifist sentiments and Jewish religious background, and ends with the line "A people can be put in chains, its spirit, never." Thomas Adam wrote that Zweig later used the work as a point of departure for addressing the rise of National Socialism, culminating in The Royal Game (Schachnovelle, a novella written in 1938–'41 and posthumously published in 1942). Less

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File size398.65 KB
Print pages222
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageGerman
ISBN978-0259749059
Stefan Zweig (28 Nov 1881 – 22 Feb 1942) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. He wrote historical studies of famous literary figures, such as Honoré de Balzac, Charles D...

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