Else Lasker-Schüler : a life / Betty Falkenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falkenberg, Betty, 1929-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lasker-Schüler, Else, 1869-1945.

Lasker-Schüler, Else.

Poets, German--20th century--Biography.

Poets, German.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2003]

Summary:

Else Lasker-Schuler, a pivotal figure in German Expressionism, presided over avant-garde cafe life in pre-World War I Berlin in much the same way Gertrude Stein did in Paris around the same time. While her work is not yet well known in the English-speaking world, it has enjoyed a revival in Germany. This biography of Lasker-Schuler -- the first in English -- explores her poems, plays, prose and graphic works in light of her life. It begins with her 1933 flight to Switzerland after Hitler came to power, looks back at her childhood in Wuppertal, then follows her life to its end in Jerusalem in 1945. As a Jew, a woman and a bohemian, Lasker-Schuler defied every category. Her two marriages -- to Dr. Berthold Lasker, then to Herwarth Walden, founder of the avant-garde periodical, gallery and publishing house Der Sturm -- and her interactions with Karl Kraus, Franz Marc, Gottfried Benn, Martin Buber and Gershom Scholem are documented in letters and poems, many included here both in the original and in translation.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Banished 7

Chapter 2. Saint Vitus 17

Chapter 3. Wilted Myrtle 35

Chapter 4. 1903-1909: The Nights of Tino 51

Chapter 5. 1910-1912: Storm Years 67

Chapter 6. Blue Rider 78

Chapter 7. Cafe Megalomania. The Pauper Prince 92

Chapter 8. 1914-1918: War Years 106

Chapter 9. 1918-1925: "I Unload!" 123

Chapter 10. 1925-1933: Weimar 137

Chapter 11. Exile: The Switzerland Years 148

Chapter 12. Mein Blaues Klavier 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-229) and index.

ISBN:

078641460X

OCLC:

51817612