Dr. Birger Vanwesenbeeck
A review of a new German edition of Stefan Zweig’s novel fragment “Clarissa” was written by Professor Birger Vanwesenbeeck.
The review was published in the summer-fall issue of the Journal of Austrian Studies, the flagship publication of the Austrian Studies Association.
Left unfinished at the time of Zweig's death, the novel, which tells the story of an unwanted pregnancy during World War I, was not previously available to German readers in a scholarly edition that preserves the original manuscript in all its lacunae.
Dr. Vanwesenbeeck, of the Department of English, has conducted extensive research in the Stefan Zweig archive, the largest collection of its kind in North America, housed in Reed Library.
The Journal of Austrian Studies, an interdisciplinary quarterly, publishes scholarly articles and book reviews on all aspects of the history and culture of Austria, Austro-Hungary and the Habsburg territory. It contains contributions in German and English from the world’s premiere scholars in the field of Austrian studies.
