The novel and class consciousness from Mann to Brecht : value and form in German literature, 1900-1934 / Josh Todarello.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Todarello, Josh, Author.

Series:

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture ; 266.

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture ; 266

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

German fiction.

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

Austrian fiction.

Social classes in literature.

Economics in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Literary criticism

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

205 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : Camden House, 2026.

Summary:

"This book situates the early twentieth-century German and Austrian novel within an economic context. It examines novels of both well-researched and relatively understudied authors-including, in the first group, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, and Bertolt Brecht, and in the second, B. Traven, Ödön von Horváth, and Vicki Baum-through the intersections of economic and aesthetic form and the materialities of class. Because social classes are constituted by their interrelation, the book provides a multimodal, interconnected perspective on the novels' presentation of the early twentieth-century social totality in light of the economic developments of the time. It outlines a series of analogical resemblances between economic forms and formal characteristics of the novel and examines the relationships between them. It thus locates the strains and possibilities of the early twentieth century (here, 1900-1934) at the intersection of two totalities: the novelistic and the socioeconomic. It presents a compelling picture of how the novel was distorted and siloed by the class structure of capitalism at the same time as it strained after an objective representation of the social whole. It thereby demonstrates how economic forms and class structures underpin developments of early twentieth-century literary aesthetics"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-201) and index.

Other Format:

Online version Todarello, Josh Novel and class consciousness from Mann to Brecht

ISBN:

9781640142350

1640142355

OCLC:

1570867399

Publisher Number:

CIPO000411132