German Novelists of the Weimar Republic: Intersections of Literature and Politics

German Novelists of the Weimar Republic

Intersections of Literature and Politics

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Edited by Karl Leydecker, University of Kent

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: February 2013
Print publication year:: 2006
Online ISBN:: 9781571136718

Subjects:: Literature, Area Studies, European Literature, European Studies
Series:: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

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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 Joseph Roth, 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.

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German Novelists of the Weimar Republic

Intersections of Literature and Politics

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Acknowledgments
pp vii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-18

1 - Heinrich Mann and the Struggle for Democracy
pp 19-44

2 - Hermann Hesse and the Weimar Republic
pp 45-60

3 - In Defense of Reason and Justice: Lion Feuchtwanger's Historical Novels of the Weimar Republic
pp 61-84

4 - The Case of Jakob Wassermann: Social, Legal, and Personal Crises in the Weimar Republic
pp 85-100

5 - Signs of the Times: Joseph Roth's Weimar Journalism
pp 101-124

6 - Ernst Jünger, the New Nationalists, and the Memory of the First World War
pp 125-140

7 - Innocent Killing: Erich Maria Remarque and the Weimar Anti-War Novels
pp 141-168

8 - In “A Far-Off Land”: B. Traven
pp 169-192

9 - Weimar's Forgotten Cassandra: The Writings of Gabriele Tergit in the Weimar Republic
pp 193-210

10 - Radical Realism and Historical Fantasy: Alfred Döblin
pp 211-228

11 - Vicki Baum: “A First-Rate Second-Rate Writer”?
pp 229-252

12 - Hans Fallada's Literary Breakthrough: Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben and Kleiner Mann — was nun?
pp 253-268

Notes on the Contributors
pp 269-272

Index
pp 273-286

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