Exiled in Paradise – German Refugee Artists: German Refugee Artists and Intellectuals in America from the 1930s to the Present: 16 (Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism) - Softcover

Heilbut, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520210980 ISBN 13: 9780520210981

Publisher: University of California Press, 1997

Synopsis

A brilliant look at the writers, artists, scientists, movie directors, and scholars--ranging from Bertolt Brecht to Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, Thomas Mann, and Fritz Lang--who fled Hitler's Germany and how they changed the very fabric of American culture. In a new postscript, Heilbut draws attention to the recent changes in reputation and image that have shaped the reception of the German exiles.

About this title

Review:

"Heilbut has exercised impressive scholarship, and even a touch of poetry, to get to the heart of this diaspora."--"Time

About the Author:

Anthony Heilbut received his Ph.D. in English from Harvard. He has taught at New York University and Hunter College, and is author of The Gospel Sound (1971, 1985, 1997) and Thomas Mann: Eros and Literature (1996; California paperback, 1997). He is also a record producer, specializing in gospel music, and has won both a Grammy Award and a Grand Prix du Disque.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0520210980
• ISBN 13: 9780520210981
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 538