The First World War in German Narrative Prose / Heinz Wetzel, Charles N. Genno.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Genno, Charles N., editor.

Wetzel, Heinz, editor.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

German fiction.

Germany.

Field, George Wallis.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Festschriften.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This collection of eight essays in honor of the distinguished Canadian Germanist G.W. Field treats themes in German narrative prose of the First World War, the pre-war era, and the earliest days of the Weimar Republic. The aim of the book is not to present a comprehensive study of the field, but rather to shed new light on specific problems. The essays are organized in the historical sequence of the events and situations to which they are related. The topics include discussions of the concept of war, war as a catalyst, the preservation of values in the face of war, and the effects of war on individual and social values. Finally, a survey of the most recent literature on the topic, shows how much World War I lives on in the minds of German writers as the great turning point in German political and cultural history.

Contents:

The anatomy of pre-war society in Robert Musil's "Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften" / Charles N. Genno

Two representative expressionist responses to the challenge of the First World War : Carl Sternheim's "eigene Nuance" and Leonhard Frank's "Utopia" / Augustinus P. Dierick

The "Sperber" in Hesse's "Demian" / David John

War and the destruction of moral principles in Arnold Zweig's "Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa" and "Erziehung vor Verdun" / Heinz Wetzel

Mynona versus Remarque, Tucholsky, Mann, and others : not so quiet on the literary front / Manfred Kuxdorf

The aftermath of the First World War : Christianity and revolution in Alfred Döblin's "November 1918" / Anthony W. Riley

"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" : a view from the other side / Colin Butler

The First World War in German prose after 1945 : some examples, some observations / Hermann Boeschenstein.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

9781487597443

1487597444

9781487595739

1487595735

OCLC:

1091697102