Description |
1 online resource (210 pages) |
Series |
Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft, 0929-6999 ; 150 |
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Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 150. 0929-6999
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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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Print version record |
Subject |
Barlach, Ernst, 1870-1938 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Kaiser, Georg, 1878-1945 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Toller, Ernst, 1893-1939 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945 -- Criticism and interpretation
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SUBJECT |
Barlach, Ernst, 1870-1938 fast |
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Kaiser, Georg, 1878-1945 fast |
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Toller, Ernst, 1893-1939 fast |
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Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945 fast |
Subject |
German drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Expressionism in literature.
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Messianism in literature.
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National socialism and literature -- Germany
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DRAMA -- Continental European.
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Expressionism in literature
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German drama
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Messianism in literature
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National socialism and literature
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Germany
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9789401200516 |
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9401200513 |
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9042033525 |
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9789042033528 |
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1283250411 |
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9781283250412 |
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