Writing European Lives. Stefan Zweig as a Biographer of Verhaeren, Rolland and Erasmus

The Jewish-Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) was a passionate biographer who wrote about the lives of many influential people in European literature and history. In some of these biographies the genre is consciously employed as a vehicle to express an idea of Europe and foster a sense of belo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marleen Rensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Groningen Press 2015-06-01
Series:European Journal of Life Writing
Online Access:https://ejlw.eu/article/view/31442