Völkisch writers and National Socialism a study of right-wing political culture in Germany, 1890-1960

This book provides a view of literary life under the Nazis, highlighting the ambiguities, rivalries and conflicts that determined the cultural climate of that period and beyond. Focusing on a group of writers - in particular, Hans Grimm, Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer, Wilhelm Schaefer, Emil Strauss, Boerr...

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Main Author: Tourlamain, Guy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bern Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften [2014]©2014, 2014
Series:Cultural history and literary imagination
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book provides a view of literary life under the Nazis, highlighting the ambiguities, rivalries and conflicts that determined the cultural climate of that period and beyond. Focusing on a group of writers - in particular, Hans Grimm, Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer, Wilhelm Schaefer, Emil Strauss, Boerries Freiherr von Muenchhausen and Rudolf Binding - it examines the continuities in voelkisch-nationalist thought in Germany from c. 1890 into the post-war period and the ways in which voelkisch-nationalists identified themselves in opposition to four successive German regimes: the Kaiserreich, the W.
Physical Description:399 pages