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Books and the Arts. Heinrich Heine:1856-1956
Curtiss, Mina | February 11, 1956 issue

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The article analyzes the book " Heinrich Heine:1856-1956." The book is on the life of Heine. On February 17, 1856, Heine died. He had been bed-ridden for eight years, in great pain, more than half blind and paralyzed. But his mind lost none of its brilliance. As a poet Heine is meaningful today only for those who can read him in German or in Gerard de Nerval's superb translation into French. As a Jew he has always been, at least among "good" Jews, a controversial symbol. He may not have been the "brave" revolutionist he thought himself, but certainly he "was a most effective soldier in the Liberation War for humanity."

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HEINE, Heinrich, 1797-1856; POETS; TRANSLATING & interpreting; HEINRICH Heine (Book); JEWS; CONDUCT of life
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