Expressionism as an international literary phenomenon : twenty-one essays and a bibliography / edited by Ulrich Weisstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weisstein, Ulrich.

Series:

Comparative history of literatures in European languages ; v. 1.

A Comparative history of literatures in European languages, 0238-0668 ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Expressionism (Art).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

Summary:

Ulrich Weisstein's collection of 21 essays offers a comparative study of Expressionism as a Modernist movement whose dynamic core lay in Germany and Austria-Hungary, but which transformed artistic practices in other European countries. The focus, Weisstein argues, "must be strictly and sharply aimed at a specific body of works and opinions-a relatively dense core surrounded by a less clearly defined fringe zone-indigenous to the German speaking countries." The volume spans an "Expressionist" period extending from roughly 1910 to 1925. Weisstein himself contributes two introductory chapters on

Contents:

EXPRESSIONISM AS AN INTERNATIONAL LITERARY PHENOMENON; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; EXPRESSIONISM AS AN INTERNATIONAL LITERARY PHENOMENON INTRODUCTION; EXPRESSIONISM: STYLE OR ""WELTANSCHAUUNG""?; OUTLINE OF THE PHILOSOPHIC BACKGROUNDS OP EXPRESSIONISM; FOREIGN INFLUENCES ON GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST DRAMA; FOREIGN INFLUENCES ON GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST POETRY; FOREIGN INFLUENCES ON GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST PROSE; DADAISM AND EXPRESSIONISM; EXPRESSIONIST LITERATURE AND PAINTING; EXPRESSIONIST LITERATURE AND MUSIC

A CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEFINITION OF THE EXPRESSIONIST FILMVORTICISM: EXPRESSIONISM ENGLISH STYLE; EXPRESSIONISM IN ENGLISH DRAMA AND PROSE LITERATURE; EXPRESSIONISM IN THE AMERICAN THEATER; EXPRESSIONIST STAGE TECHNIQUES IN THE RUSSIAN THEATER; EXPRESSIONISM IN SCANDINAVIA; EXPRESSIONISM IN BELGIUM AND HOLLAND; EXPRESSIONISM AND THE SOUTH SLAVS; RUMANIAN EXPRESSIONISM; EXPRESSIONISM IN HUNGARY; EXPRESSIONISM IN POLAND; RUSSIAN EXPRESSIONISM; EXPRESSIONISM AS AN INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON An Annotated Bibliography; INDEX OF NAMES

ON THE ORGANIZATION AND SCOPE OF THE SERIES A COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF LITERATURES IN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Notes:

Published 1973 by Librairie Marcel Didier, Paris and Akademiai Kiado, Budapest.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

723945394