Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 'Wegbereiter' for the Nazis? Völkisch-Nationalist Writers in Germany, 1870-1933; Chapter 2 Völkisch Writers and National Socialist Kulturpolitik; Chapter 3 The German Literature Academy: Control Mechanism or Cauldron of Dissent?; Chapter 4 Beyond the Literature Academy; Chapter 5 Völkisch-Nationalism in the Post-War Era; Concluding Remarks; Select Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book provides a view of literary life under the Nazis, highlighting the ambiguities, rivalries and conflicts that determined the cultural climate of that period and beyond. Focusing on a group of writers - in particular, Hans Grimm, Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer, Wilhelm Schaefer, Emil Strauss, Boerries Freiherr von Muenchhausen and Rudolf Binding - it examines the continuities in voelkisch-nationalist thought in Germany from c. 1890 into the post-war period and the ways in which voelkisch-nationalists identified themselves in opposition to four successive German regimes: the Kaiserreich, the W
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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