China's Stefan Zweig: The Dynamics of Cross-Cultural Reception

by Arnhilt Johanna Hoefle

During his lifetime Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was among the most widely read German-language writers in the world. Always controversial, he fell into critical disfavor as writers and critics in a devastated postwar Europe attacked the poor literary quality of his works and excoriated his apolitical fiction as na ve Habsburg nostalgia. Yet in other parts of the world, Zweig's works have enjoyed continued admiration and popularity,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824872088
• ISBN13: 9780824872083
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"