German Novelists of the Weimar Republic

Intersections of Literature and Politics
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-57113-469-1
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 84, 296 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Reihe: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

New essays introducing a broad range of novelists of the Weimar period.

The Weimar Republic was a turbulent and fateful time in German history. Characterized by economic and political instability, polarization, and radicalism, the period witnessed the efforts of many German writers to play a leading political role, whether directly, in the chaotic years of 1918-1919, or indirectly, through their works. The novelists chosen range from such now-canonical authors as Alfred Döblin, Hermann Hesse, and Heinrich Mann to bestselling writers of the time such as Erich Maria Remarque, B. Traven, Vicki Baum, and Hans Fallada. They also span the political spectrum, from the right-wing Ernst Jünger to pacifists such as Remarque. The journalistic engagement of JosephRoth, otherwise well known as a novelist, and of the recently rediscovered writer Gabriele Tergit is also represented.

Contributors: Paul Bishop, Roland Dollinger, Helen Chambers, Karin V. Gunnemann, David Midgley, Brian Murdoch, Fiona Sutton, Heather Valencia, Jenny Williams, Roger Woods.

Karl Leydecker is Reader in German at the University of Kent.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leydecker, Karl

Weitere Mitwirkende

Murdoch, Brian

Midgley, David R

Sutton, Fiona

Valencia, Heather

Chambers, Helen

Williams, Jenny

Gunnemann, Karin

Leydecker, Karl

Guthke, Karl S.

Bishop, Paul

Woods, Roger

Dollinger, Roland

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Karl Leydecker
Heinrich Mann and the Struggle for Democracy - Karin Verena Gunnemann
Hermann Hesse and the Weimar Republic - Paul Bishop
In Defense of Reason and Justice: Lion Feuchtwanger's Historical Novels of the Weimar Republic - Roland Dollinger
The Case of Jakob Wasserman: Social, Legal, and Personal Crises in the Weimar Republic - Karl Leydecker
Signs of the Times: Joseph Roth's Weimar Journalism - Helen Chambers
Ernst Jünger, the New Nationalists, and the Memory of the First World War - Roger Woods
Innocent Killing: Erich Maria Remarque and the Weimar Anti-War Novels - Brian O. Murdoch
In "A Far-Off Land": B. Traven - Karl S. Guthke
Weimar's Forgotten Cassandra: The Writings of Gabriele Tergit in the Weimar Republic - Fiona Sutton
Radical Realism and Historical Fantasy: Alfred Döblin - David Midgley
Vicki Baum: "A First-Rate Second-Rate Writer"? - Heather Valencia
Hans Fallada's Literary Breakthrough: Bauern, Bonzen, and Bomben and Kleiner Mann -- Was nun? - Jenny Williams

Über Autor(innen)

Midgley, David R
DAVID R. MIDGLEY is Emeritus Professor of German Literature and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge.

Bishop, Paul
Paul Bishop is Professor of German and Head of Department of German at the University of Glasgow.

Chambers, Helen
HELEN CHAMBERS is Emeritus Professor of German at the University of St Andrews, UK.

Murdoch, Brian
BRIAN MURDOCH is Emeritus Professor of German at Stirling University, Scotland. He is the author of many books, including titles for both Camden House and D.S. Brewer.