Title Weimar on the Pacific : German exile culture in Los Angeles and the crisis of modernism / Ehrhard Bahr

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 358 p.) Series Weimar and now ; 41 Weimar and now ; 41. Contents The dialectic of modernism -- Art and its resistance to society: Theodor W. Adorno's aesthetic theory -- Bertolt Brecht's California poetry: mimesis or modernism? -- The dialectic of modern science: Brecht's Galileo -- Epic theater versus film noir: Bertolt Brecht and Fritz Lang's anti-Nazi film Hangmen also die -- California modern as immigrant modernism: architects Richard Neutra and Rudolph M. Schindler -- Between modernism and antimodernism: Franz Werfel -- Renegade modernism: Alfred Döblin's novel Karl and Rosa -- The political battleground of exile modernism: the Council for a Democratic Germany -- Evil Germany versus good Germany: Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus -- A "True Modernist": Arnold Schoenberg -- Conclusion: The Weimar legacy of Los Angeles Summary In the 1930s and '40s, LA became a cultural sanctuary for a distinguished group of German artists and intellectuals - including Thomas Mann, Theodor W. Adorno, Bertolt Brecht, Fritz Lang, and Arnold Schoenberg - who were fleeing Nazi Germany. This book is the first to examine their work and lives Analysis 18th century 1930s 1940s 20th century american history arnold schoenberg bertolt brecht california classicism ehrhard bahr exile fritz lang german artists german modernism germany intellectual los angeles modernism national socialism pacific coast schoenberg socialism southern california theodore adorno thomas mann united states history us history weimer germany weimer republic west coast western united states Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-346) and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Modernism (Aesthetics) -- California -- Los Angeles Germans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Intellectual life Jews, German -- California -- Los Angeles -- Intellectual life HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Modernism (Aesthetics) -- California -- Los Angeles. Germans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Intellectual life. Jews, German -- California -- Los Angeles -- Intellectual life. Intellectual life Germans -- Intellectual life Jews, German -- Intellectual life Modernism (Aesthetics) Literatur Exil Geistesleben Weimarer Republik Exilschriftsteller SUBJECT Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century Subject Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. California -- Los Angeles Los Angeles, Calif. Kalifornien Deutschland Deutsche. Form Electronic book LC no. 2021696950 ISBN 9780520933804 052093380X 9780520257955 0520257952

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