Writing Weimar

Critical Realism in German Literature, 1918-1933

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

The years of the Weimar Republic saw complex cultural change in Germany as well as political turmoil. Writing Weimar draws on the large amount of research done on the period since the 1980s in order to show how literary writers developed critical perspectives on the social and political issues of the time, and how those perspectives were related to longer-term developments in German culture which run beyond the watershed events of 1918 and 1933. Individual chapters discuss the dominant trends in the poetry, the theatre, and the novel, as well as the literary representation of the city, of technology, and of the First World War. The book also sheds new light on one of the abiding mysteries of German culture in the 1920s: precisely what were the implications of the term Neue Sachlichkeit as it came to be applied to the cultural trends of the time?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-03-09
Mått:146 x 224 x 27 mm
Vikt:677 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:400
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780198151791

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The book succeeds in giving a sense of the breadth of literary production during the time, and the various literary concerns of writers come nicely to the fore ... There are some brilliant moments when Midgley manages to give a clear and concise explanation of such events that sparked and influenced well-known literary debates now often cited out of context.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Writing under Weimar ; 'Neue Sahclichkeit': The Career of an Idea ; Poetry for Everyday Use? ; The Theatre as Political Community ; The Novel I: Representing the Times ; The Novel II: Paths of Disillusionment ; Remembering the War ; The City and the Country ; Technology versus Humanity ; Epilogue ; Bibliography ; Index