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Author Anderson, Lisa Marie

Title German expressionism and the Messianism of a generation / Lisa Marie Anderson
Published Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (210 pages)
Series Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft, 0929-6999 ; 150
Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 150. 0929-6999
Contents Expressionism as a "Literature of Redemption" -- Jewish Messianism and the Philosophy of the Expressionist Era -- The Hebrew Scriptures and Jewish Messianism in Expressionist Literature -- The 'Judeo-Christian' Dialectic in the Expressionist Era -- Birth and Rebirth in Christianity and Expressionism -- The Mission and Passion of Expressionist Messianism -- The Culmination of Expressionist Messianism: Apocalypse -- Conclusion -- Expressionism as Literature of the Unredeemed
Summary This book reads messianic expectation as the defining characteristic of German culture in the first decades of the twentieth century. It has long been accepted that the Expressionist movement in Germany was infused with a thoroughly messianic strain. Here, with unprecedented detail and focus, that strain is traced through the work of four important Expressionist playwrights: Ernst Barlach, Georg Kaiser, Ernst Toller and Franz Werfel
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-202) and index
Notes In English; some text in German
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Subject Barlach, Ernst, 1870-1938 -- Criticism and interpretation
Kaiser, Georg, 1878-1945 -- Criticism and interpretation
Toller, Ernst, 1893-1939 -- Criticism and interpretation
Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Barlach, Ernst, 1870-1938 fast
Kaiser, Georg, 1878-1945 fast
Toller, Ernst, 1893-1939 fast
Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945 fast
Subject German drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Expressionism in literature.
Messianism in literature.
National socialism and literature -- Germany
DRAMA -- Continental European.
Expressionism in literature
German drama
Messianism in literature
National socialism and literature
Germany
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789401200516
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9789042033528
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9781283250412