· Feuchtwanger’s reputation was initially as a playwright and later as a historical novelist, but his masterpiece, Erfolg ( Success), was a contemporary roman à clef, a novel of a gloriously liberal but doomed Weimar Republic moving inexorably toward fascism. Published just three years before Hitler’s rise to power, the novel is not only prophetic of Germany’s totalitarianism, but uncanny in its Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. Lion Feuchtwanger was a German Jewish emigre. A renowned novelist and playwright who fled Europe during World War II and lived in Los Angeles from until his death. A fierce critic of the Nazi regime years before it assumed power precipitated his departure, after a brief internment in France, from Europe/5(16). On the surface, Success is mostly about Martin Krüger, who is convicted and jailed unjustly in post World War I Bavaria, and Johanna Krain, who spends the better part of two years trying to free him.4/5(2).
R.E. Prindle. Lion Feuchtwanger. This is a review of the novel Jew Suss by Lion Feuchtwanger. The review will place Feuctwanger's novel in the context of the times it was written, that is the twenties and thirties of the twentieth century with a view of the author's intent. While the novel is of great importance to the period in question. LION FEUCHTWANGER was a famous German novelist who lived from to Known worldwide for his historical studies of Benjamin Franklin, the Spanish painter Goya, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and such subjects as the Salem witch hunt, the French Revolution and Rome during the first century. Many of his works attempted to come to terms with the Jewish experience in different eras and settings. Lion Feuchtwanger (German: [ˈliː.ɔn ˈfɔɪ̯çt.ˌvaŋ.ɐ] (); 7 July - 21 December ) was a Bavarian Jewish novelist and playwright.A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht.. Feuchtwanger's Judaism and fierce criticism of the National Socialist German Workers Party, years before it assumed power.
The novel's success established Feuchtwanger as a major German author as well as giving him a royalty stream that afforded him a measure of financial independence for the rest of his life. [6]. Success, a Novel [Hardcover] feuchtwanger, lion by feuchtwanger, lion and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru On the surface, Success is mostly about Martin Krüger, who is convicted and jailed unjustly in post World War I Bavaria, and Johanna Krain, who spends the better part of two years trying to free him.
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