Heinrich Heine and the World Literary Map Redressing the Canon /

• Main Author: Seyhan, Azade (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Canon and World Literature
• Subjects: European literature.; Poetry.; Comparative literature.; Literature .; European Literature.; Poetry and Poetics.; Comparative Literature.; Postcolonial/World Literature.

This text provides a key reassessment of the German author Heinrich Heine's literary status, arguing for his inclusion in the Canon of World Literature. It examines a cross section of Heine's work in light of this debate, highlighting the elusive and ironic tenor of his many faceted prose...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Canon and the World Literary Writer
• "The Harz Journey": Travelogue as Philosophical Satire
• The Exile as Cultural Translator
• Censored Works, Exiled Lives, Poetic Remembrances
• Ludwig Börne: A Memorial: A Double-Voiced Narrative of Exile
• Encoded Body, Encrypted Dance: Performance Contra Censorship
• Heinrich Heine: An Enduring Inspiration of World Literature.