The devil's captain : Ernst Jünger in Nazi Paris, 1941-1944 / Allan Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Allan, 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jünger, Ernst, 1895-1998.

Jünger, Ernst.

Jünger, Ernst, 1895-1998--Homes and haunts--France--Paris.

Jünger, Ernst, 1895-1998--Friends and associates.

Germany. Heer--Officers--Biography.

Germany.

Germany. Heer.

Friends and associates.

France--Paris.

Soldiers--Germany--Biography.

Soldiers.

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

Authors, German.

Paris (France)--History--1940-1944.

Paris (France).

Paris (France)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Paris (France)--Biography.

France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.

France.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 119 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.

Summary:

In this companion to his previous book, Nazi Paris, Mitchell recounts controversial German novelist Ernst Junger's years in Paris during the Nazi period. Junger was a military officer during Germany's occupation of Paris, and his journals and letters describe his daily impressions of the city and its intellectual elite. In addition to Junger's letters, diaries, and journal entries, the book draws on the essays Junger later wrote based on his journal entries. The structure of the book is chronological. The first two chapters introduce Junger as a young man and show how he came to be in Paris as a German army captain. The book then traces his footsteps around the city and his personal and professional contacts. It describes his brief experience in Soviet Russia in late 1942, his return to Paris, and his marginal involvement in an attempt to assassinate Hitler in July 1944. A postscript pieces together his intimate relationship with Parisian Sophie Ravoux. The book includes a wealth of b&w historical photos. Mitchell formerly taught at Smith College and the University of California-San Diego. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The loner

The road to Paris

Photograph section I

Man about town

Dreaming and musing

Strange interlude

Kniebolo and the Nazis

Photograph section II

The plot against Hitler

Telling omissions

Immediate afterthoughts

The correspondent

Photograph section III

Postscript: Liebe Sophie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780857451149

0857451146

9780857451156

0857451154

OCLC:

681487367