Abstract
The intriguing personality of Joseph Fouché stands at the center of Stefan Zweig’s 1929 eponymous biography and makes a brief, but crucial appearance in his play Das Lamm des Armen (1930). This article examines how biography can be considered as a liminal and hybrid genre at the crossroads of literature and historiography. It discusses how Zweig’s biography of Fouché positions itself towards both discourses while presenting a careful psychological analysis of the protagonist as a political Machiavellian mastermind. Through the analysis of various paratexts, this contribution shows how Zweig invites the reader to connect his psychological analysis with contemporary European politics since 1918.
| Original language | German |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | d1-25 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings |
| Volume | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- austrian literature
- biography
- stefan zweig
- joseph fouché
- literature
- historiography
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