HEINRICH HEINE - Repositories

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^^distinguished scholar presents a nt
Wnd different life story of the famo\
^German-Jewish poet, the centenary
whose death will be observed on Februa\
1956.
Ahout the Author
PR. SOL LIPTZIN, Chairn.
Department of Germanic
U Slavic Languages, and Prolor
of Comparative Literature
[the City College of New
' k, is a distinguished scholar,
wpular lecturer and author of
.lozen books on world literare.
He is the biographer of
fthur Schnitzler, Richard
F-Hofmann and Heinrich
Qe.
|is Heine studies have exoed
over three decades and
enriched his interpretation
tHe English Legend of this
' and thinker,
^r- Liptzin is also a leading
itributor to English, Hebrew
V' Yiddish periodicals, and
^•d with distinction as presi-
•it of the Jewish Book
«ncil of^iTir'-'"-
"The life of Heinrich Heine,
who was born at Duesseldorf on
December 13, 1797, did not end
with his death in Paris on February
17, 18 56. The centenary
of his birth found his native
country embroiled in a bitter
controversy between his detractors
and his defenders, while
the English-speaking peoples acclaimed
him with almost complete
unanimity. For the centenary
of his death let the tale
be told of the turbuelnt afterlife
of this German-Jewish poet, this
strange guest with the sardonic
smile, who found a home in our
hearts and whom our generation
now hails as a citizen of the
wor' ..
(From the Preface)