Heinrich Heine by George Prochnik
A rich, provocative, and lyrical study of one of Germanys most important, world-famous, and imaginative writer-
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Mark Rothko
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Steven Spielberg
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Peggy Guggenheim
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Walter Benjamin
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Franz Kafka
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Sidney Reilly
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Becoming Freud
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Medallions
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A Scrap of Time and Other Stories
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Carole King
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Alfred Dreyfus
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Ayn Rand
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Emma Goldman
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Warner Bros
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Houdini
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Bugsy Siegel
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Spinoza
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The Many Lives of Anne Frank
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Abraham
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Herod the Great
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Martin Buber
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Proust
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Groucho Marx
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Philip Roth
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Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg
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Moses
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Becoming Elijah
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Stanley Kubrick
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Barbra Streisand
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Golda Meir
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The Black Seasons
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From the Ashes of Sobibor
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Gershom Scholem
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Stephen Sondheim
“A portrait of the poet as a crusader for truth and beauty in a world where both were in short supply”—Adam Kirsch, Wall Street Journal
“Prochnik provides a jaunty narrative of Heine’s schooldays in Bonn and Göttingen, journalistic career in Berlin, and twenty-five-year exile in Paris, detailing his literary feuds, scraps with censors, and unwavering belief in political liberty.”—New Yorker
“Prochnik gives ample space to Heine’s emotional life [and] Heine’s attitude to his Jewish heritage proves to be a rewarding topic. . . . It is impossible to read about Heine without thinking how wonderful it would have been to meet him.”—Jonathan Rée, Literary Review
“It is a highly recommendable study . . . told beautifully by Prochnik, and the book is a fitting addition to Yale University Press’s Jewish Lives series.”—Andreas Hess, Society
“George Prochnik draws the historical background of Heine’s life with care and powerfully evokes a Jewish life in 19th century Germany with all its complexities, frustrations, and contradictions. Prochnik’s scrupulous analysis of the artist’s prose and poems allows for a deep understanding of this brilliant and tormented man.”—Anka Muhlstein, author of The Pen and the Brush
“Prochnik provides a jaunty narrative of Heine’s schooldays in Bonn and Göttingen, journalistic career in Berlin, and twenty-five-year exile in Paris, detailing his literary feuds, scraps with censors, and unwavering belief in political liberty.”—New Yorker
“Prochnik gives ample space to Heine’s emotional life [and] Heine’s attitude to his Jewish heritage proves to be a rewarding topic. . . . It is impossible to read about Heine without thinking how wonderful it would have been to meet him.”—Jonathan Rée, Literary Review
“It is a highly recommendable study . . . told beautifully by Prochnik, and the book is a fitting addition to Yale University Press’s Jewish Lives series.”—Andreas Hess, Society
“George Prochnik draws the historical background of Heine’s life with care and powerfully evokes a Jewish life in 19th century Germany with all its complexities, frustrations, and contradictions. Prochnik’s scrupulous analysis of the artist’s prose and poems allows for a deep understanding of this brilliant and tormented man.”—Anka Muhlstein, author of The Pen and the Brush
George Prochnik is the author of Stranger in a Strange Land: Searching for Gershom Scholem and Jerusalem. His previous book, The Impossible Exile: Stefan Zweig at the End of the World, received the 2014 National Jewish Book Award for Biography/Memoir.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300236545 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300236549 |
| Title | Heinrich Heine |
| Author | George Prochnik |
| Series | Jewish Lives |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2021-01-12 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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