
The Devil's General and Germany: Jekyll and Hyde
Volkmar Sander(Editor)
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Published on 1. September 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-8264-1720-6 (ISBN)
Description
Both works in this volume - a play by Carl Zuckmayer (1896-1977) and an unusual contemporary study of Nazi Germany by Sebastian Haffner (1907-99) - bear testimony to the disturbing events that were to change German history in the aftermath of World War I. The abridged translation of The Devil's General, which was approved by Zuckmayer himself, is about a World War I flier who commits suicide as he comes to realize the unintended havoc he has wrought in his obsession to fly. Sebastian Haffner, whose real name was Raimund Pretzel (which was changed with the publication of Germany: Jekyll and Hyde), remained a controversial journalist all his life, working for both left-wing and right-wing journals. The work excerpted here was written in 1940 when Haffner, reared in a liberal tradition, was in a British detention camp as an enemy alien.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
402 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-1720-6 (9780826417206)
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Persons
Sebastian Haffner, whose real name was Raimund Pretzel (which was changed with the publication of Germany: Jekyll and Hyde), remained a controversial journalist all his life, working for both left-wing and right-wing journals.
Content
Introduction; The Devil's General translated by Ingrid Komar; Germany: Jekyll and Hyde translated by Wilfrid David