Writing Weimar: Critical Realism in German Literature, 1918-1933

by David Midgley

Overview

Writing Weimar shows how German literature between 1918 and 1933 is related both to the politics of the time and to longer-term cultural developments. Individual chapters discuss the dominant trends in particular literary genres and the significance of the term Neue Sachlichkeit, as well as the literary representation of the city, technology, and the First World War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198151791
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/20/2000
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	8.76(w) x 6.44(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

St. John's College, Cambridge

Table of Contents

Introduction: Writing under Weimar'Neue Sahclichkeit': The Career of an IdeaPoetry for Everyday Use? The Theatre as Political CommunityThe Novel I: Representing the TimesThe Novel II: Paths of DisillusionmentRemembering the WarThe City and the CountryTechnology versus HumanityEpilogueBibliographyIndex