Romain Rolland: The Man and His Work

by Stefan Zweig

2. Méditation sur un passage du "Matin."

3. Berceuse de Louisa. Chant du Pélerin (piano et chant). Paroles de Paul Gerhardt Ed. Demets, Paris, 1907.

Paul Dupin. Jean-Christophe. (Suite pour quatuor à cordes.)

1. La mort de l'oncle Gottfried.

2. Bienvenue au petit Ed. Senart et Roudanez, Paris, 1908.

Paul Dupin. Pastorale, Sabine. 1. Dans le Jardinet. Piano et quatuor. Transcription pour piano et violon. Ed. Senart et Roudanez, Paris, 1908.

Albert Doyen. Le Triomphe de la Liberté. (Scène finale du Quatorze Juillet). Prix de la ville de Paris, 1913. (Soli, Orchestre et Choeurs.) Ed. A. Leduc, Paris.

INDEX

Above the Battle, [266], [290], [291], [293-6], [297], [305], [329].
Abbesse de Jouarre, l', [125].
Aërt, [66], [73], [77-8], [83-5], [87], [112].
Aërt, [77-8], [83-5], [121], [125], [161], [198], [244], [260], [347].
Antoinette, in Jean Christophe, [4], [165], [175], [212], [224].
Arcos, René, [312], [313].
Art, love of, and love of mankind, [20];
epic quality in Rolland's, [63-66], [67] ff;
moral force in Rolland's, [63] ff;
Tolstoi's views on, [18-20];
universality of, [26].
Au-dessus de la mêlée, see Above the Battle.
Aux peuples assassinés, [332].
Bach, Friedemann, [173].
Bach, Johann Sebastian, [173], [245].
Ballades françaises, [250].
Balzac, [64], [65], [169], [177], [250].
Barrès, Maurice, [59], [62].
Baudouin, Charles, [313].
Beethoven, [50], [137] ff, [140-3], [150].
Beethoven, [10], [18], [19], [40], [45], [67], [104], [140-143], [144], [145], [147], [148], [151], [161], [163], [172], [174], [175], [182], [245], [252], [325], [328];
festival, [35], influence of, on Rolland's childhood, [5] ff;
Jean Christophe's resemblance to, [173].
Beginnings of Opera, The, [34].
Belgique sanglante, la, [282].
Berlioz, [10], [150].
Bibliography, [357] ff.
Biographies, heroic, [133-53];
unwritten, [150-3].
Bonn, [35], [140], [141].
Brahms, [174].
Bréal, Michel, [35].
Breugnon, Colas, in Colas Breugnon, [241-53], [319];
spiritual kinship of, with Jean Christophe, [244-48];
see Colas Breugnon.
Brunetière, [16].
Burckhardt, Jakob, [16].
Byron, [275].
"Cahiers de la quinzaine," [20], [40], [43], [50], [143].
Caligula, [73].
"Carmel, le," [313].
Carnot, [99].
Claes, in Aërt, [87].
Clamecy, birthplace of Rolland, [3], [4], [99].
Claudel, Paul, [89], [44], [59].
Clerambault, l'histoire d'une conscience libre pendant la guerre, [339-347].
Clerambault, Agenor, in Clerambault, [310], [339-347].
Clerambault, Maxime, [343] ff.
Clifford, General, in A Day Will Come, [120], [121], [125].
Colas Breugnon, [241-253], [337];
as an artistic production, [249-51];
gauloiseries in, [249-51];
origin of, [241-43].
Comédie Française, [71], [74].
Conscience, story of, in Clerambault, [339-47];
see Freedom of conscience.
Corneille, [91], [92].
Couthon, [99].
Credo quia verum, [16], [17].
Corinne, in Jean Christophe, [211].
Cycles, of Rolland, [67-71].
D'Alembert, [87].
Danse des morts, [312].
Danton, [41], [101], [106-9], [113], [117].
Danton, [99], [106-9], [113], [126].
Debrit, Jean, [313].
Debussy, [35], [175].
Declaration of the independence of the mind, [351-354].
Decsey, Ernest, [174].
Defeat, significance of, in Rolland's philosophy of life, [61], [62], [83] ff, [110] ff, [134] ff, [139].
"Defeatism," [297-303].
De Maguet, Claude, [313].
"Demain," [313].
Deprès, Suzanne, [175].
Desmoulins, [126].
Desprès, Fernand, [312].
Deutscher Musiker in Paris, Ein, [174].
"Deutsche Rundschau, Die," [305].
Don Carlos, [101].
Dostoievsky, [2], [346].
Doyen, [105].
D'Oyron, in The Wolves, [114].
Drama, and the masses, see People's Theater;
erotic vs. political, [127] ff;
Drama of the Revolution, [69], [70], [86-99], [100-18].
Dramatic writings, of Rolland, [25], [32], [39], [41], [57-130];
craftsmanship of, [127-130];
cycles, [67-71];
Drama of the Revolution, [100-130];
People's Theater, [85-130];
poems, [28];
tragedies of faith, [76-85];
unknown cycle, [71-75].
Drames philosophiques, [125].
Dreyfus affair, [38], [39], [106], [115], [119], [133].
Dunois, Amédée, [312].
Duse, Eleanore, [175].
Empédocle d'Agrigente et l'âge de la haine, [72], [333] ff.
Etes-vous neutre devant le crime, [283].
Faber, in Le triomphe de la raison, [111], [114], [309].
Faith, in Rolland's philosophy of life, [77-79], [81] ff, [166-71], [244] ff;
tragedies of, [76-85].
Fellowship, of free spirits, during the war, [273] ff, [311-316]: [351], [354].
Fêtes de Beethoven, les, [141].
"Feuille, la," [313].
Flaubert, [37], [58], [80], [177].
Forerunners, The, [290], [339-334]
Fort, Paul, [250].
Fourteenth of July, The, [101-2], [103-5], [109].
France, after 1870, [57];
picture of, in Jean Christophe, [211-216]
France, Anatole, [58], [84], [169].
Frank, César, [175].
Frank, Ludwig, [321].
Freedom, of conscience, [287] ff, [257-9], [119], [274], [285-8], [298] ff, [320] ff, [339-47];
vs. the fatherland, see The Triumph of Reason.
French literature, state of, after 1870, [37], [58] ff.
French Revolution, [68], [98] ff, [100-120], [121], [122];
see Drama of theRevolution;
also People's Theater. French stage, after 1870, [86-89].
Galeries des femmes de Shakespeare, [6].
Gamache, in Jean Christophe, [175].
"Gauloiseries," [250].
Generations, conflicting ideas of the [229-234].
Geneva, during the Great War, [268] ff.
Germany, picture of, in Jean Christophe, [217-220].
Girondists, in The Triumph of Reason, [110] ff, [121], [129], [169], [260].
Gli Baglioni, [73], [74].
Gluck, [173], [175], [212].
Goethe, [64], [72], [97], [118], [150], [155], [169], [175], [177], [180], [211], [184], [193], [219], [230], [263], [275], [278], [305], [330], [332].
Gottfried, in Jean Christophe, [204].
Grautoff, [166], [168].
Grazia, in Jean Christophe, [175], [200-202], [205].
Greatness, will to, in Rolland's philosophy, [63].
Great War, The, [1], [65], [257-355], [253], [264] ff, [339-347].
Greek tragedy, method of, [128] ff
Grüne Heinrich, Der, [169].
Guilbeaux, Henri, [281], [313].
Haendel, [34].
Handel, [150], [173], [175], [245].
Hatred Holland's campaign against, [297-304];
Verhaeren's attitude of, during the war, [281-4].
Hauptmann, [92], [276];
Rolland's controversy with, [277-280].
Hardy, Thomas, [64].
Hassler in Jean Christophe, [174], [204].
Hebbel, [73], [123].
Hecht, in Jean Christophe, [175].
Heroes of suffering, [133-153].
Heroic biographies, [133-153].
Herzen, [26].
Historical drama, see People's Theater.
History, and the People's Theater, [95] ff;
Rolland's conception of, [95] ff;
sense of, in early writings, [32].
Hoche, General, [150].
Hölderlin, [73].
Hugot, in The Triumph of Reason, [63], [111], [114].
Hugo, Victor, [37], [64], [92], [121].
Idoles les, [299].
"Iliad of the French People," see People's Theater.
Illusions perdues, les, [65].
Inter Arma Caritas, [297].
Iphigenia, [118].
Italy, picture of, in Jean Christophe, [221-3].
Idealism, in Rolland's philosophy, [60] ff, [85], [123], [166-71];
characterization of Germany, [211-216];
of Italy, [222].
Internationalism, [207-10], [255], [285-8], [351-4];
see Above the Battle;
Fellowship, of free spirits;
Hatred, Rolland's campaign against
Ibsen, [126] ff.
Italy, Rolland's sojourn in, [23-28], [71].
Jaurès, [13], [41], [109], [346].
Jean Christophe, [18], [30], [36], [49], [65], [70], [130], [143], [157-237], [165], [257], [300], [305], [311], [318], [339], [340];
as an educational romance, [166-71];
characters of, [172-5];
enigma of creative work, [181-7];
France, picture of, in, [211-16];
generations, conflicting ideas of, in [229-34];
Germany, picture of, in, [217-220];
Italy, picture of, in [221-3];
Jews, the, in, [224-8];
message of, [157-159];
music, form and content of, [177-80];
origin of [162-5];
writing of, [43-44], [162-5].
Jean Christophe, [26], [31], [38], [40], [42], [43], [49], [50], [65], [68], [76], [97], [153], [157-237], [241], [246], [257], [258], [260], [317], [336], [340], [342];
and Grazia, [200-1];
and his fellow men, [203-6];
and his generation, [229-36];
and the nations, [207-10];
apostle of force, [189] ff;
as the artist and creator, [188-94];
character of, [172-75];
contrast to Olivier, [195] ff.
Jouve, [287], [312], [313].
Justice, problem of, considered by Rolland in Dreyfus case, [39];
vs. the fatherland, see The Wolves.
Kaufmann, Emil, [174].
Keller, Gottfried, [169], [177].
Kleist, [73], [92].
Kohn, Sylvain, in Jean Christophe, [212], [224].
Krafft, Jean Christophe, see Jean Christophe.
Language, as obstacle to internationalism, [229] ff.
Lazare, Bernard, [39], [143].
Lebens Abend einer Idealistin, Der, [27], [73].
Légende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier, [80].
Letters, of Rolland, during war, [317-19].
Lévy-Coeur, in Jean Christophe, [175], [205], [224].
Le 14 Juillet, see Fourteenth of July, The.
Liberty, characterization of France, [211-16].
Life of Michael Angelo, The, [40], [144-46].
Life of Timolien, [131].
Liluli, [300], [335-338], [339].
Loups, les, see The Wolves.
Lux, Adams, [101], [111], [112], [309].
Lyceum of Louis the Great, [8].
Madame Bovary, [64].
Mahler, Gustave, [35], [175].
Mannheim, Judith, in Jean Christophe, [226].
Marat, [101].
Martinet, Marcel, [312].
Masereel, Franz, [313].
Maupassant, [13], [37], [58], [64], [91].
Mazzini, [26], [150], [151], [222].
Meistersinger, Die, [92].
Mesnil, Jacques, [312].
Meunier, [87].
Meutre des élites, le, [297].
Meyerbeer, [212].
Michelangelo, [67], [71], [144-6], [147], [148], [151], [161], [182], [245].
Michelet, [13].
Millet, [87], [50].
Mirbeau, [85].
Molière, [92].
Monod Gabriel, [13], [16], [26], [73].
Mon Oncle Benjamin, [3].
Montespan, la, [73], [119].
Mooch, in Jean Christophe, [224].
Moreas, [175].
Mornet, Lieutenant, [306].
Mounet-Sully, [74].
Mozart, [5], [173].
Music, early influence of, on Rolland, [4];
form and content in Jean Christophe, [177-80];
part of Rolland's drama, [104] ff;
Rolland's love of, [47];
Rolland's philosophy of, [132-3];
Tolstoi's stigmatization of [19].
Musiciens d'autrefois, [34], [35], [183].
Nationalistic school of writers [59], [60], [62].
Nationalism, [208] ff; [217-20], [225], [226].
Naturalism, [15].
"Neues Vaterland," [306].
Nietzsche, [2], [26],

[37], [162], [174], [177], [217-20], [255], [332].
Niobé, [73], [74].
Nobel peace prize, [270].
Normal School, [10], [11], [12-17], [13], [14], [23], [29], [32], [162].
Notre prochain l'ennemi, [297].
Novalis, [169].
Offenbach, [212].
Olivier, in Jean Christophe, [61], [68], [76], [78], [84], [176], [179], [195-9], [200], [201], [205], [214] ff, [220], [224], [225], [233], [244], [246], [257], [260], [264], [267], [283], [309], [318], 336 [340].
Olivier, Georges, in Jean Christophe, [233].
Offiziere, Die, [85].
Oration on Shakespeare, [72].
Orfeo, [33].
Origines du théâtre lyrique moderne, les, [32], [183].
Orsino, [72], [74].
Oudon, Françoise, in Jean Christophe, [75].
Pacifism, [262] ff.
Paine, Thomas [9], [7], [150].
Parsifal, [30], [31], [62], [191].
Péguy, Charles, [14], [20], [38], [39], [59], [115], [143].
People's Theater, The, [41], [65], [133], [68], [88], [94-97].
Philippe, Charles Louis, [44], [91].
Philosophy of life, of Rolland, see Art of Rolland;
Conscience;
Defeat, significance of;
Faith;
Freedom of Conscience;
Greatness will to;
Hatred, campaign against;
Idealism;
Internationalism;
Justice;
Struggle, element of;
Suffering, significance of.
Picquart, [39], [115].
Perrotin, in Clerambault, [344].
Pioch, Georges, [312].
Polichinelle, in Liluli, [337].
Précurseurs, les, see The Forerunners.
Prêtre de Nemi, le, [125].
Prinz von Homburg, Der, [92].
Provenzale, Francesco, [34].
Quesnel, in Les Loups, [114].
Racine, [91], [92].
Räuber, Die, [92].
Red Cross, in Switzerland, [268] ff, [269] ff.
Renaissance, [24], [25], [68], [71].
Renaitour, [312].
Renan, [12], [13], [25], [37], [125] ff, [176], [196], [214], [309].
"Revue de l'art dramatique," [35], [88].
"Revue de Paris," [25], [141].
Robespierre, [99], [101], [108], [113], [117], [126].
Rolland, Madeleine, [3].
Rolland, Romain, academic life of, in Paris, [32-35], [42];
adolescence
of, [3-11];
ancestry of, [3];
and his epoch, [57-62];
and the European spirit, [52], [53];
appeal to President Wilson, [348-50];
as embodiment of European spirit, [52-3];
art of, [63-6];
at Paris, [32-5], [36];
attitude of, during the war, [257-355];
campaign of, against hatred [297-303];
childhood of, [3-7];
controversy of, with Hauptmann, [277-80];
correspondence of, with Verhaeren [281-4];
cycles of [67-75];
diary of, during the war, [327-28];
drama of the revolution, [100-30];
dramatic writings, [25], [28], [57], [130];
Dreyfus case, [38-47];
fame, [49], [50], [51], [48];
father of, [6];
friendships, [13-15], [25], [26-28], [311-316];
heroic biographies, [133-153];
humanitarianism of, [307] ff;
idealism of, [60] ff;
influence of, during the war, [320-326], [355-6];
influence of Tolstoi on, [19-22];
Jean Christophe, [157-237];
letters of, during the war, [317-319];
marriage of, [35], [41], [73], [134];
mass suggestion in writings of, [261], [266], [329-47];
mother of, [3], [27];
newspaper writing of [289-292];
opponents of, during the war, [304-10];
portrait of, [46], [47];
rôle of, in fellowship of free spirits during the war, [273] ff;
Rome, [23], [28];
schooling of [5-17];
seclusion, [43], [44], [45-7], [48-49], [324];
significance of life work, [2];
tragedies of faith, [76-85];
unwritten biographies, [150-153].
Rossi, Ernesto, [24].
Rossi, Luigi, [33].
Rostand, [117].
Rouanet, [312].
Rousseau, [275].
Roussin, in Jean Christophe, [176].
Route en lacets qui monte, la, [330].
St. Christophe, [157].
Saint-Just, pseud., [39], [84], [101], [108], [113], [126].
Saint Louis, [77-8], [80-82], [83], [125], [244].
Salviati, [24].
Suarès, André, [14], [15], [39].
Scarlatti, Alessandro, [34].
Schermann, [330].
Scheurer, Kestner, [39], [115].
Schiller, [73], [86], [87], [90], [92], [95], [97], [100-1], [123], [155], [193], [196].
Schubert, [175], [180].
Schulz, Prof. in Jean Christophe, [174], [204].
Seippel, Paul, [50], [165], [172].
Sévérine, [312].
Shakespeare, [5], [6], [10], [14], [15], [18], [23], [24], [15], [64], [69], [72], [92], [100], [123], [125], [150].
Sidonie, in Jean Christophe, [213].
Siege de Mantoue, le, [73].
Sorbonne, [32], [33].
Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse, [12].
Spinoza, [10], [13], [18].
Stendhal, [169], [177].
Strauss, Hugo, [35].
Strindberg, [2], [126] ff.
Struggle, element of, in Rolland's philosophy, [222], [246] ff.
Suffering, significance of, in Rolland's philosophy, [133-136], [181-7], [188-94]; [204] ff;
heroes of [133-53].
Switzerland, refuge of Rolland during the war, [264-7].
"Tablettes, les," [313].
Tasso, [118].
Teulier, in The Wolves, [114], [115], [121], [310].
Théâtre du peuple, le, see People's Theatre.
Thiesson, Gaston, [312].
Tillier, Claude, [3].
Tolstoi, [18], [20], [21], [23], [15], [24], [53], [60], [64], [67], [82], [86], [87], [90], [92], [94], [135], [138], [147-149], [151], [161], [165], [170], [175], [176], [182], [204], [245], [255], [265], [300], [317], [320], [333].
To the Undying Antigone, [27].
Tragédies de la foi, les, see Tragedies of Faith.
Tragedies of Faith, [69], [76-83], [76].
"Tribunal of the spirit," see Fellowship.
Triumph of Reason, The, [63], [101], [102], [113], [114], [119].
Trois Amoureuses, les, [173].
Truth, in Liluli, [337].
Unknown dramatic cycle, [71-75].
Verhaeren, [44], [77], [175], [276], [311];
Rolland's correspondence with, [281-84].
Vie de Beethoven, see Beethoven.
Vie de Tolstoi, see Tolstoi.
Vie de Michel-Ange, la, see Life of Michael Angelo, The.
Vie des hommes illustres, [301].
Von Kerich, Frau, in Jean Christophe, [173], [204].
Von Meysenbug, Malwida, [26], [27], [28], [29], [29-31], [73], [150], [162].
Von Unruh, Fritz, [85].
Vorreden Material im Nachlass, [255].
Vous êtes des hommes, [312].
Wagner, [2], [9], [10], [14], [26], [29], [30], [31], [37], [64], [92], [162], [174], [212].
Wahrheit und Dichtung, [175].
War and Peace, [64], [170].
War, dominant theme in Rolland's plays, [28];
of the generations, [229-234];
in Rolland's writings, [260] ff.
Weber, Die, [92], [277].
Weil, in Jean Christophe, [224].
What is to be Done? [18].
Wilhelm Meister, [155], [168].
William the Silent, [66].
Wilson, President, [348-50].
Wolf, Hugo, [35], [150], [174].
Wolff's news agency, [277].
Wolves, The, [39], [101], [102], [113], [114].
Zola, [15], [58], [85], [87], [39], [91], [115], [177].