The Great Debate: Bolshevism and the Literary Left in Germany, 1917-1930
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
American University Studies, Series 9: History
ISBN-10
0820400742
ISBN-13
9780820400747
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 31st, 1984
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
420 grams
Dimensions
15.70 x 22.50 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: from c 1900 -Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
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This study interprets debates within the Weimar literary Left over the relation of literature to politics. The historical key to these debates was the German revolution of 1918-1919 and the idea of «Bolshevism», i.e. a symbolic allegiance to the only successful revolutionary movement of 1917-1920. In covering the arguments of figures like G. Grosz, W. Herzfelde, E. Piscator, J. Becher, A. Döblin, B. Brecht and W. Benjamin, it demonstrates the great ambivalence and historical specificity of the stances writers adopted in the Twenties over the issue of political allegiance to Marxism. Thus the work contributes to a historical appreciation of the mentality of the Weimar Republic and especially of «Weimar Culture». But its concerns extend beyond Weimar to the larger question of the relation of intellectuals to politics in the twentieth century.
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