German Long Fiction Since World War I (Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Second Revised Edition)
Introduction
The Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig, in his autobiography Die Welt von Gestern (1941; The World of Yesterday, 1943), reminisces about Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century and the then- prevalent hopes for the future. Social and political security were the foundation for all further developments as the new age dawned: Diplomats provided peace, science was steadily eliminating disease and pain, morality became more liberal and more tolerant, the economy provided a comfortable...
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