"Voelkisch" Writers and National Socialism : A Study of Right-Wing Political Culture in Germany, 1890-1960 Paperback / softback

by Guy Tourlamain

Part of the Cultural History & Literary Imagination series

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This book provides a view of literary life under the Nazis, highlighting the ambiguities, rivalries and conflicts that determined the cultural climate of that period and beyond.

Focusing on a group of writers â€“ in particular, Hans Grimm, Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer, Wilhelm SchÃ¤fer, Emil StrauÃŸ, BÃ¶rries Freiherr von MÃ¼nchhausen and Rudolf Binding â€“ it examines the continuities in vÃ¶lkisch-nationalist thought in Germany from c. 1890 into the post-war period and the ways in which vÃ¶lkisch-nationalists identified themselves in opposition to four successive German regimes: the Kaiserreich, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the Federal Republic.

Although their work predated Hitlerâ€™s National Socialist movement, their contribution to preparing the cultural climate for the rise of Nazism ensured them continued prominence in the Third Reich.

Those who survived into the post-war era continued to represent the vÃ¶lkisch-nationalist worldview in the West German public sphere, opposing both the Soviet and liberal-democratic models for Germanyâ€™s future.

While not uncontroversial, they were able to achieve significant publishing success, suggesting that a demand existed for their works among the German public, stimulating debate about the nature of the recent past and its effect on Germanyâ€™s cultural and political identity and position in the world.