01925cam a2200265Ii 4500 on1146565404 OCoLC ta 210205s2020 ctu b 001 0beng d 9780300236545 (hbk.) 0300236549 (hbk.) (OCoLC)1146565404 PT2328 .P76 2020 Prochnik, George. Heinrich Heine : writing the revolution / George Prochnik. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020] 319 p. Jewish lives Includes bibliographical references and index. A thematically rich, provocative, and lyrical study of one of Germany's most important, world-famous, and imaginative writers. Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) was a virtuoso German poet, satirist, and visionary humanist whose dynamic life story and strikingly original writing are ripe for rediscovery. In this vividly imagined exploration of Heine's life and work, George Prochnik contextualizes Heine's biography within the different revolutionary political, literary, and philosophical movements of his age. He also explores the insights Heine offers contemporary readers into issues of social justice, exile, and the role of art in nurturing a more equitable society. Heine wrote that in his youth he resembled "a large newspaper of which the upper half contained the present, each day with its news and debates, while in the lower half, in a succession of dreams, the poetic past was recorded fantastically like a series of feuilletons." This book explores the many dualities of Heine's nature, bringing to life a fully dimensional character while also casting into sharp relief the reasons his writing and personal story matter urgently today. Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856. Authors, German 19th century Biography. Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.) lcc BK 0 0 0 0 PNLIB PNLIB GEN 2021-06-17 PT2328 .P76 2020 PNLIB21060675 2021-06-17 2021-06-17 BK 861 861