
Visions of War
Ideologies and Images of War in German Literature before and after the Great War
Scott D. Denham(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 1. March 1992
Book
Hardback
197 pages
978-3-261-04503-4 (ISBN)
Description
Combatants' experiences of war changed radically during the Great War, yet combatant writers before and after the modern ordeal of total war show unexpected similarities in their representations of battle. By concentrating on the popular writings of Detlev von Liliencron, Walter Flex, August Stramm, and Ernst Jünger, while situating these authors in the broad context of war literature in general between 1866 and 1933, this literary history shows how authors' literary expressions of their own combat experiences demonstrate varying degrees of aesthetic and ideological coherence. This study provides a much needed literary historical foundation for the many readings of Weimar-era war literature.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bern
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
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Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-261-04503-4 (9783261045034)
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The Author: Scott D. Denham is Assistant Professor of German at Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina. He has written on Ernst Jünger, Kafka, and Walter Gropius. A graduate of the University of Chicago, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University.
Content
Contents: Fontane as War Chronicler - Bleibtreu's Popular Battles - Liliencron's Vision of War - Kriegsbegeisterung - Walter Flex and the Ideal of War - Popular War Literature - Stramm's War Poetry - Jünger's New Literary Response to Combat.