German Literature of the Twentieth Century : From Aestheticism to Postmodernism Hardback
by Ingo R. Stoehr
Part of the Camden House History of German Literature series
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Traces literary developments in the German-speaking countries from 1900 to the present. This study of German literature in the past hundred years sets its subject clearly in the artistic and political context of developments in Western Europe during the century.
It begins with the turn-of-the-century aestheticism andvisions of decay led by Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal and other Austrian writers, and the quite different explosion of new artistic energy in the Expressionist and Dada movements.
These movements are succeeded by the rise of Modernism, culminating in the inter-war years: the poetry of Rilke, Brecht's epic theatre, and novels by Thomas Mann, Kafka, Hesse, Musil, Doblin and Broch; the influence of Nazism on literary production is considered.
The study of developments after 1945 reflects the struggle to establish a post-Holocaust literature and to deal with the questions posed by the political division of Germany.
Finally, the convergence of East and West German literature after unification is addressed. Ingo R. Stoehr teaches literature at Kilgore College, Texas, and is editor of the bilingual journal of German literature in English translation, Dimension2.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:543 pages
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:01/07/2001
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- ISBN:9781571131577
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:543 pages
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:01/07/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9781571131577
