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"Escape to life" : German intellectuals in New York: a compendium on exile after 1933.

After 1933, New York City gave shelter to many leading German and German-Jewish intellectuals. This compendium, adopting the title of a volume published by Klaus and Erika Mann in 1939, explores the impact the US, and NYC in particular, had on these authors as well as the influence they in turn exer...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goebel, Eckart
Otros Autores: Weigel, Sigrid
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:After 1933, New York City gave shelter to many leading German and German-Jewish intellectuals. This compendium, adopting the title of a volume published by Klaus and Erika Mann in 1939, explores the impact the US, and NYC in particular, had on these authors as well as the influence they in turn exerted on US intellectual life. Moreover, it addresses the transformations that took place in the exiled intellectuals' thinking when it was translated intoEnglish and addressed to an American audience. Among the individuals presented in this volume, are such prominent names as T.W. Adorno, H. Arendt.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (564 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783110258684
3110258684
9783110258677
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